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Description: | Cast copper alloy spur rowel of Post-Medieval date. The rowel is in the form of a five-pointed star, with five points of roughly equal form but variable thickness; one point is missing its tip due to an old break or wear. The points are decorated on both faces with lines of stamped crescents. In between these projecting points are five much narrower and shorted points formed of raised lines which run to meet the central hole. The central hole is oval, probably from wear. There is no trace of gilding. The rowel measures 43.7mm in length, 40.8mm in width, 2.9mm in thickness and weighs 7.88g.The use of five large points and decorative stamping sugegsts a 17th century date (Read 1995:156)
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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