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Description: | An incomplete tinned copper alloy, probable balance arm, of Post Medieval dating (16th to 17th Centuries AD).The arm has a D-shaped, dished terminal with a short length of a pointed oval-sectioned arm.It measures 31.6 mm in length, 14.5 mm wide and 3.0 mm thick. It weighs 2.1 g.The probable balance arm is a mid grey colour, with an even surface patina.Several other probable balance arms have been recorded on the PAS database, including: LEIC-A531C3; NMS-09E313 and WAW-091A4A. More examples have been recorded on the Norfolk HER including: from Burgh Castle (HER 22344), East Walton (HER40572), Felthorpe (HER 33502) and Swardeston (HER 40707, NMS-744E55).Such objects have sometimes been identified as sugar tongs.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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