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Description: | Incomplete post medieval copper alloy comb, missing the ends of its teeth and (probably organic) attaching handle. The comb is rectangular in shape, measuring 33.5x25(incomplete width)x1mm(max) and weighing 3.30g. At the thickest long edge are two rivet holes, one in each corner, and measuring 3mm in diameter (one of these is broken where the short edge is worn). The other long edge is c.0.5mm thick and divided into teeth with gradually deepening grooves every 1-2mm, eventually deepening to a split. The inside edge of the teeth is flanked by three grooves running the length of the comb. Some of the teeth have old breaks while others are sharper and more recent. It is uncertain how much longer they would have extended (the longest now extends 9mm), though it would not have been too long as they are thin and narrow and would easily have broken, yet if they were too short they would have had little use. The patina is light green and only slightly pitted (and more so on the reverse). The shiny brassy metal beneath shows through in one area where the comb has probably been knocked - it is also slightly bent here. The teeth and decorative grooves appear to have been worked from the reverse. Probably 16th/ 17h century in date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1501
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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