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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy, Post-Medieval spur in two parts (circa 1600-1700). The longer piece is 83.52mm in length, 15.77 mm in width, 5.95 mm in thickness and weighs 21.07g. The smaller piece is 30.36mm in length, 11.3mm in width, 3.63 mm in thickness and weighs 5.37g. When the two spur parts are placed together, they measure 97.4mm in length and weigh 26.44g.These two sections of a spur can be compared with similar examples described and illustrated in Brian Read's Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, (p. 60 and p.65, cat no.s 497-502). Read dates his examples as from the 17th century.The longer of the two parts is twisted in shape, but it still has the slight curve of the spur's hemispherical section. At one end of this part, a small section of a loop appears to be the remains of a figure eight terminal. At the opposite end, a small, lozenge-shaped protrusion indicates where the neck and rowel box would have extended from the hemispherical section. The smaller section appears to continue from a break just after the remaining join of the neck. Both fragments are decorated with an engraved design, which appears to be a pattern of flowers within circles, similar to the engraving on an example in Read from South Somerset (cat no. 502).
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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