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Description: | Two Medieval or Post-Medieval copper alloy sheet rivets, of the type usually used for repairing metal vessels. The rivets are formed from triangular pieces of sheet metal, rolled into cones, with a flat top with a hole in centre filled with soil and a seam down the side. The top of one is slightly flattened by hammering. The flattened example measures 45.6mm in length, 10.8mm in diameter at the flattened head and 1.5mm in diameter just below it and weighs 9.94g. The other measures 56.2mm in length, 9.0 by 7.1mm at the head and weighs 8.02gA discussion of these rivets can be found in Egan (2005, p.101). Egan suggests that these were a later form a rivet, which took over from the Medieval folded staples in the late 15th to the mid to late 16th century and continued in use into the 18th century (ibid.).
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