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Description: | A cast copper alloy spur fragment. One terminal and a portion of the arm remains of the spur, the rest is lost due to break. The arm is a pointed oval shaped in section. The complete terminal has two or three loops (three most likely) forming an asymmetrical trefoil in plan. The lower loop is filled with the remains of an iron stud. The upper loop has a strap fitting curled around the frame. The strap fitting has an integral at the terminal. The central loop is likely and there is iron corrosion over it. In between the upper and central loops there is a groove as decoration. The arm is integral to the upper loop. The reverse of the spur is undecorated and flat. It measures 65.09mm long, 16.69mm wide across the central loop and 8.97mm thick. It weighs 18.8g. While '8' shaped terminals are commonly found on spurs from the 15th to 17th centuries, those with an extra, small hole, are thought to date towards the end of this range in the early 17th century.
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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