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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy post-Medieval rowel spur (c. 1600-c. 1700).The spur comprises the rowel box , the rowel and a small portion of the neck. The rowel box has a length of 31.2mm and a maximum width of 10.4mm. Each outer face is bevelled longitudinally and has a 'V'-shaped decorative 'knobette' moulding on each bevel. The terminal ends of the box are rounded and are largely obscured by iron corrosion deposits from the iron axis bar. The surviving portion of the offset neck, where a break has occurred, is sub-square in cross-section. The rowel has thirteen points and has a maximum diameter of 36.2mm. Its maximum thickness, close to the central perforation, is 2.3mm.The rowel box and rowel have traces of a white metal coating, possibly a tin alloy.Length: 55.5mm; weight: 25.06g.
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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