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Description: | Cast copper alloy furniture or possibly casket fitting of possibly Roman but more probably Post Medieval to Modern date. The fitting is circular and has a disk shaped upper section 21.3mm in diameter by 5.7mm thick with a concave top containing a central domed pimple. The base of the disk is slightly convex and from the centre projects a foot which curve in to a waist 6.0mm in diameter before curving out to 11.2mm in diameter. The base of the foot is covering in iron corrosion, the remains of a rivet to attach this to furniture or a casket. It is 15.2mm tall and weighs 10.95 grams.
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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