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Description: | Cast copper alloy incomplete nut crackers dating to the late Post-Medieval period. The object consists of one arm and a fragment of the crushing box. The surviving arm is circular in section, and then flattens out into a D-shaped section. The ends of the arm curve out; they would have tapered to meet at the bottom prior to damage. The circular part of the handle is decorated with six transverse moulded collars. The interior of the hinge has triangular shaped indentations to grip and break the nut. Examples of similar nut crackers which can be found on the database are YORYM-5B4EF3, YORYM-606167 and ESS-9667F2.
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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