|
Date: |
|
Description: | A sub-circular cast copper alloy ring or loop, with a bi-trapezoidal section. The loop has traces of a mid green patina, with large areas of red copper corrosion, and is therefore in poor condition. It measures 24.01mm diameter externally and 17.58mm internally. The thickness is 1.89mm. It weighs 1.83g.
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. | 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 |
|
|