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Description: | A bent fragmentary hinge of post-medieval date (17th century). It is part of a sub-trapezoidal 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 semicircles and three smaller circles, one of which lies on the outer edge, and the others at the hinge end, one at the top and one at the bottom; one has abraded through. Two identical plates would have formed the hinge, with each plate having five holes. The hinge has been bent round on itself at the attachment end, with iron corrosion product retained within the fold; the other end has been bent upwards too. A parallel can be found illustrated in Read (1988, 161; ref. 1085). The red-brown metal is largely covered with a dusting of light-green corrosion product.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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