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Description: | A copper alloy object which is probably a casting spur from metalworking. The object is a solid cylindrical shape, 23.8mm in diameter which flares asymmetrically at one end to a diameter of 46.1mm. The flared end is slightly angled and is concave. At the other end of the object, there is a projection from the side which is sub-triangular in section, is 11.3mm thick and projects by 18.1mm. The end of the cylinder is expanded but still circular and has an uneven edge, very thin in some places and thick in others. The end surface is convex with dimples near the edges. The object appears to be complete but unfinished, and is probably accidental or waste material, perhaps created by over-filling a mould. It is 79.3mm long in total. The surface is rough and granular with a grey patina and patches of corrosion. Since the spur is unusually large the object being cast was also probably substantial. Also, the large amount of waste material suggests that metal was not particularly valuable at the time this was made, so a late, post-medieval date is suggested, perhaps from the industrial era. | 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: | 1750
1950 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Amy Downes | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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