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Description: | Incomplete 17th century hinge. It is part of a sub-trapezoid hinge plate with an ornate outer edge. This sheet copper alloy hinge is asymmetrical with an openwork design. The openwork design in comprised of two relatively large semi-circles and two smaller circles. Three rivet holes are present on the surviving section, one on the outer edge between two openwork circles, and the other two are located at each end of the hinge mechanism. Two identical plates would have formed the hinge, with each plate having 5 rivet holes. The surviving section is 37mm long, 31.12mm wide and the plate is1.58mm thick. The diameter of the hinge mechanism is 5.24mm.
There is an exact parallel in Read page 161 figure 1085. | 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: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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