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Description: | A complete copper alloy ring or loop which possibly functioned as a curtain fitting of the Late Medieval to Post Medieval period, dating to 15th - 17th centuries. The object is sub circular in plan and is bi-trapezoidal in cross section with rounded and smooth surfaces. The file marks are still evident on the upper edges. The curtain fitting is a dark green in colour, with a fairly even surface patina.Similar rings are illustrated in Margeson (1993, p. 82, Fig 47, no: 522-524). Margeson describes them as being suspension rings which were probably multi-functional, including curtain rings. The three excavated from Norwich (No. 522-524) date from AD 1450-1620. Egan suggests they were used as curtain rings due to an excavated example having thread still wound around one part. Similar examples can be seen on the database discovered in Eckington, Worcestershire (WMID-45BABC) and Richard's Castle, Herefordshire HESH-16D045.The ring has an external diameter of 26.3 mm, the interior diameter is 18.4 mm. It has a thickness of 3.3 mmand weighs 1.9 grams.Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58 / Norwich Survey.
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