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Description: | Cast copper alloy tack with an ovoid head in plan, slighly domed in profile, and a shank that is sub-square in section and tapers to a point. Part of the edge of the head is missing due to damage. There are black patches on the surface of the head and on the sides of the shank that have formed a thick layer which suggest that the tack was painted with pitch in order to protect it from corroding in the elements. It may have been used on a boat or to hold down a roof tile, for example.Ottaway and Rogers (2002) illustrate a similar copper alloy tack on page 2829, fig.1408, no.15157, and list two others on page 3144, nos.15158-9, which are dated from the 13th to the 16th century.Margeson (1993) illustrates a similar stud with a domed head on page 83, fig.48, no.528, which is dated from the 16th century.
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