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Description: | A complete copper alloy furniture fitting of probably medieval date. The fitting consists of four parts, a complete handle, a rivert, a circular back plate with a concave cross section and a circular washer. The handle is circular with three stepped projections (6.15mm wide) flanking each side of a recessed bar (4.75mm wide) to hold the rivet. The remainder of the handle is broadly lozengeform in cross section (14.65mm wide and 2.75 mm thick). The rivet is formed from a rectangular sheed of copper-alloy which has been wrapped around the recessed bar and threaded through the circular perforations of the backplate and the washer before the ends have been seperated to hold all the elements together. The rivet is 8.85mm in length and 2.95mm wide. The circular backplate has a centre circular perforation and the backplate is concave, it measures 13.85mm in diameter and is 2.1mm thick. The washer has a central circular perforation and is 7.35mm in diameter.The fitting weighs 2.12 grams.
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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