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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy spur of Post-Medieval date that is missing one terminal and the spur box, rowel or prick spur due to old breaks. The sides are triangular in section with flat backs, tapering towards terminals at one end and expanding to the now missing rowel or goad at the centre. The exterior edges of the sides are decorated with both moulded and gilded decoration. This comprises a central ridge that runs along the entire length of the spur, either side of which are three pairs of offset triangular projecting knops that create four distinct segments on each side of the spur. At the centre of the exterior edge is a raised lozenge shaped moulding from which projects the integral spur that is oval shaped in section and is mostly missing due to old breaks. Traces of faint moulded and gilded decoration can be seen along both sides. This takes the form of possible foliate moulding along the top of the central ridge, from which can be seen extending delicate moulded and gilded foliate and floral swirls and spirals between each of the moulded triangles. The precise form of this decoration is difficult to identify precisely as it is now mostly missing due to wear and post-depositional damage. At the end of one side is preserved an integral figure-of-eight shaped terminal that affixes to the side by one loop and extends vertically to form a right angle with the side. The opposing terminal is missing due to old breaks. The entire object measures 72.06mm in surviving length (in current bent state), 14.49mm in height at rowel/goad end, 9.93mm in thickness at rowel/goad end, 2.57mm in thickness at terminal end, and weighs 32.89g. This spur is of Post-Medieval date. The decorative nature of the exterior and the relatively small size of the object draws parallels with the more elaborate spurs that begin to appear from the 15th century AD onwards (see for example LMMC, pp. 94-112). Similarly decorated spurs are noted in Read (1995: pp. 126, 156) and on the PAS database (see for example SUSS-690821) that suggest the current example probably dates to a slightly later period in the 16th-17th centuries AD.
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