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Unique ID: IOW-A8A087
Object type certainty: Probably
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An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy forked spacer for a composite strap-end (c. 1350-c. 1400).
It has a plain acorn knop terminal with a collar dividing the stylised acorn shaped element from the two prongs. The incomplete prongs are flat and rectangular in cross-section and have a thickness of 1.7mm.
This object is drab green and corroded. The breaks are old.
Height: 19.7mm; width: 17.2mm; thickness at terminal: 4.6mm. Weight: 2.52g.
A very similar spacer has been found in London and dated c.1350-c. 1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991:144, fig. 94, ref: 680).
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from excavations in London: 3. London: HMSO.
Class: Composite
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Height: 19.7 mm
Width: 17.2 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 2.52 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th September 2018 - Sunday 9th September 2018
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Other reference: IOW2018-7-234
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | 144, fig. 94, ref: 680 |