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Description: | Three cast copper alloy furniture fittings: studs. The stud heads are circular in plan and slightly domed in profile. The reverse of the head is hollow and has an integral square sectioned shank protruding from the centre. The shank is tapers to a sharp point. The surface of the studs are heavily abraded. One has a patch of a thick patina, another has a mid grey patina and the third is abraded. They measures 13.8mm long x 10.4mm diameter, 11.34mm long x 19.87mm diameter and 114.59mm long x 11.26mm diameter.The fittings probably dates to the Post Medieval period. It may be a furniture or household stud due to the square sectioned shank. Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 East Anglian Archaeology Report) illustrates similar circular studs (No. 531) dating to the 16th and mid 18th centuries.
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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