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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy rowel spur of Post Medieval date, probably seventeenth century or eighteenth century (AD 1600 - AD 1800). Both arms are incomplete and the breaks are worn and patinated. The sides are an angular D-shape in cross-section, flat on the inner face. They are decorated along the apex with short transverse grooves. The neck is bulbous, is about 15mm in length and has a maximum width of 12mm. Where it departs from the spur arms, there is a lozenge shaped platform. The rowel box drops down at an angle of about 45ยบ from the longitudinal plane of the neck. It has a length of 20mm and has a maximum width of 10mm. The rowel box sides terminate in a collar and then a lobe which has a transverse perforation, about 1mm in diameter, to accommodate a rowel bar which is missing. The spur has a patchy green patina. Compare IOW-88CF40 and CORN-1D75F3. The whole spur (as surviving) is 73mm long 64mm wide and 16.4mm thick. 37.42g.
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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