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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy nut cracker arm of Post-medieval to early Modern date. The dating from the early modern period, c. 1700-1900 AD. The single point hinge is missing, the receiving hinge would have been on the missing arm. The arm tapers gently from the hinge down towards an acorn shaped molded terminal, in profile the arm is bent inwards slightly. The outer face is undecorated and its cross section is half a hexagon. Below this the arm is plain until the acorn molding. The inner face has fifteen triangular perforations which run in lines of three, below this the arm is plainThe artefact is 108.45mm in length, 10.85mm in width, 7.5mm thick at the hinge and weighs 26.27 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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