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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy rowel spur (c. 1600-c. 1700).Parts of the sides, the terminals and the rowel box are missing.Each side (arm) is triangular in cross-section, flat on the inner face. It has a curving 'S'-shaped neck which is lozenge-shaped in cross-section.The outer face of each arm is decorated with crescent and curvilinear stamp marks that form a pattern. The neck is decorated with crescents only.It has a shiny dark green patina and the breaks are old.Length: 79.8mm; width: 39.6mm; thickness at crest: 13.9mm. Weight: 43.95g.A number of post-Medieval spurs have been published in Detector Finds (Bailey 1995: 92-95).See also: 'Spurs' by Blanche Ellis in Margeson 1993: 220-223.Bailey, G. 1992. Detector Finds. Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing.Margeson, S. 1993. Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology 58. Witley Press, Hunstanton.
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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