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Description: | A copper-alloy repair patch or folded 'paperclip' rivet probably from a post-medieval vessel. It has an uneven rectangular outline, folded down from a lozenge-shaped copper sheet which leaving a raised lozenge shape on the folded side. This type of repair was used to fill small splits in copper alloy vessels, secured by the two triangular tabs. Egan (2005, 101) mentions a broad date range for this type of pot mend, dating from the Early Medieval to Post Medieval periods but also suggests that a central period for the use of this type of rivet as dating from about the late 15th to late 16th Centuries.Measurements: 32.69mm long, 18.25mm wide, 3.26mm thick and 6.01g in weight.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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