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Description: | A sub-circular cast copper alloy ring or loop, with a bi-convex section. The exterior edges have traces of file marks. The loop has a an incomplete mid grey/green patina. It measures 26.35mm diameter externally and 21mm internally. The thickness is 2.84mm. It weighs 3.35g.
Similar rings are illustrated in Margeson?s, (1993) Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58. Margeson describes them as being suspension rings which were probably multi-functional, including curtain rings. The three excavated from Norwich (No. 522-524) date from the mid 15th to mid 17th century. Blackmore (1990 Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, Royal Armouries) illustrates similar rings being used to suspend carbines from a belt, Figures 72-73, which date to the 17th century.
A sub-circular cast copper alloy ring or loop, with a bi-convex section. The exterior edges have traces of file marks. The loop has a an incomplete mid grey/green patina. It measures 26.35mm diameter externally and 21mm internally. The thickness is 2.84mm. It weighs 3.35g. | 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: | 1450
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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