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Rowel spur | SOM-B8DEA5 |
Medieval | Somerset |
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| Fragment of a cast copper alloy item, possibly a rowel spur. It is now broadly V shaped with two arms projecting out at about 30 degrees to each other and joined at their base. The shorter arm is C shaped in section with a concave back and concave front. There are old breaks along both sides sugg... | |||||
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Rowel spur | LIN-919286 |
Medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| A complete gilded copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval rowel from a spur. The rowel is moulded on both sides of a six pointed star, radiating from a central area, with smaller projections inbetween each of the main star points. The central area, which would have attached the rowel to the spur, ... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SOM-7CCFD3 |
Modern | Somerset |
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| Iron spur with white metal coating, probably of later 18th to early 20th century date. The spur sides are d shaped in section with a flat inner side and a plain flat circular terminal, 9.3mm in diameter, with a circular hole to hold a mushroom stud. The sides widen and thicken slightly towards th... | |||||
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Rowel spur | HAMP-0BDFF7 |
Medieval | West Sussex |
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| A slightly worn and corroded cast copper-alloy spur rowel. The rowel is in the shape of a six-pointed star. The tapering arms are rectangular with rounded corners in cross-section. Their points are abraded to varying degrees and one point has been bent. There is central circular perforation throu... | |||||
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Rowel spur | LANCUM-C5E854 |
Medieval | Lancashire |
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| An almost complete Medieval/Post Medieval cast copper alloy rowel Spur,circa 1450 AD - 1700 AD. Both arms survive, is "D" shaped in section and is at maximum width at the centre back. The neck extends upwards and outwards from this point to the Rowel Box, which survives in good condition but the ... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SOM-6D31F1 |
Post medieval | Somerset |
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| Cast copper alloy spur rowel of Post-Medieval date. The rowel is in the form of a eight pointed star arranged around a central circular hole. The points are almost kite shaped in section: narrowest at the centre of the rowel then widening as they extend and terminating in tapering points from thr... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SWYOR-2C3162 |
Medieval | North Lincolnshire |
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| An incomplete cast, copper alloy spur rowel, probably Medieval in date (about 1300-1500 AD). Only the rowel survives. It has 6 surviving points (most of them bent), each of which is tear drop shaped and bevelled and two (possibly three points) have been broken off. The central hole from the axle ... | |||||
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Rowel spur | NCL-18F7F4 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A cast copper-alloy rowel spur of probable 19th century date. The spur is largely complete, with a U-shaped body in which the arms taper from the base to the figure of eight terminals. The neck emerged from the base perpendicularly, with a slight curve to it. The end of the neck is split to fit t... | |||||
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Rowel spur | PUBLIC-39A473 |
Post medieval | Kent |
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| Neck and rowell box from a copper alloy 'drop neck' type spur circa late 16th to 17th century. | |||||
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Rowel spur | PUBLIC-38F605 |
Post medieval | Kent |
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| Part of a 16th/17th century gilded copper alloy 'drop neck' type spur. The rowell box arms that are 33.6 mm long are decorated with a swirling line pattern with small circlets in between, traces of gilding remain. The twelve point rowell is 41.6 mm in diameter. | |||||
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Rowel spur | SOM-79FCA5 |
Post medieval | Somerset |
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| Neck and box of a cast copper alloy rowel spur, probably of 17th century date. The spur has broken across the neck which is D shaped in section and very curved. The sides to attach it to the boot are completely missing due to this old break. At the end of the neck is a widened collar with a strai... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SWYOR-4F3997 |
Post medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper-alloy rowel spur of the post-medieval period. This object has been bent out of its original form and has lost a number of elements: its rowel and axis bar; and one side bar. The surviving side of the spur tapers towards the terminal, from a width of 10.45mm at the ne... | |||||
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Rowel spur | NMS-1911B3 |
Post medieval | Norfolk |
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| An incomplete post-medieval copper alloy rowel spur side, D-sectioned, with an outer cable moulded convex surface, and an asymmetrically-placed figure-of-eight terminal (one hole iron filled) with engraved lines in V-shape and a tiny projection. Length >84mm. At the break it measures 6 x 4mm i... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SWYOR-FEBFC5 |
Post medieval | South Yorkshire |
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| A Post Medieval cast copper alloy rowel spur fragment. Part of the rowel box, neck and the back part of the sides of the spur remain. The ends of the sides are missing to old breaks. Half of one arm of the rowel box survives. It is broken across the hole where the axis bar would have fitted. T... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SOM-AB3686 |
Post medieval | Somerset |
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| Cast copper alloy spur rowel of Post-Medieval date. The rowel is in the form of a five-pointed star, with five points of roughly equal form but variable thickness; one point is missing its tip due to an old break or wear. The points are decorated on both faces with lines of stamped crescents. In ... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SWYOR-925BA3 |
Post medieval | Lincolnshire |
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| Part of a copper alloy Post Medieval rowel spur. The frames of these are normally made in one piece incorporating the arms and rowel box, but this unusual example is a separate component designed to fit on the heel of a frame consisting of just the arms, with this piece being the neck and rowel b... | |||||
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Rowel spur | BERK-9F6331 |
Medieval | Oxfordshire |
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| A cast copper alloy medieval 'star' rowel from a spur. The rowel is unusual in that it has 24 points - each of which is tear-drop shape in plan, joined together for their lower half into the circular central body. The central perforation, which would have mounted the rowel to the spur, has been w... | |||||
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Rowel spur | ESS-741C75 |
Post medieval | Essex |
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| Post Medieval cast copper alloy rowel spur, formed of eight points radiating from a central circular hole. it is 24.02mm in diameter, 2.55mm thick and weighs 2.37 grams. | |||||
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Rowel spur | PUBLIC-4611C6 |
Medieval | Cambridgeshire |
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| A cast copper alloy spur rowel with eight diamond shaped prongs, one of which has been broken in antiquity. In the centre of the rowel is a 5mm attachment hole for the rowel to rotate in the spur housing. | |||||
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Rowel spur | BERK-9F52D8 |
Post medieval | Oxfordshire |
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| The copper alloy rowel of a rowel spur and a fragment of the spur neck attachment. The rowel has seven spikes and has been dislodged from its securing rivet within the spur neck. The neck itself is plain but has a thin moulded collar before bending slightly downwards. This type of rowel spur was ... | |||||
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Rowel spur | KENT-6B3E74 |
Post medieval | Kent |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy Post Medieval figure eight terminal of a rowel spur. It has a hemispherical cross section with two loops at the terminal which would have held the attachments for the buckle. It is broken, having happened some time ago as the break is worn. It is tinned all over. I... | |||||
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Rowel spur | NCL-B93327 |
Post medieval | Durham |
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| A complete cast copper alloy star spur rowel of post Medieval date. The rowel is star shaped with seven points. There is a perforation through the centre for the attachment to the spur. Both sides are flat, one is heavily corroded, whilst the other is less so. The points of the star are also heav... | |||||
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Rowel spur | BERK-6B9DD6 |
Post medieval | Oxfordshire |
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| A cast copper alloy rowel for a spur. The rowel is quite crude in appearence and it has 8 points of varying thicknesses and lengths, although some of these points may have become damaged post-deposition. The attachment hole is not circular but rather a flattened oval shape, so it probably wouldn'... | |||||
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Rowel spur | BERK-6B8B45 |
Post medieval | Oxfordshire |
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| A cast copper alloy ornate rowel from a spur. The rowel is in the form of a 5-pointed star; each arm is ornately cast with curved recesses. The design of this spur suggests that it may have had a ceremonial use, such as by the military, or was more for show than practical use. The rowel had a... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SUSS-17AAC6 |
Post medieval | West Sussex |
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| Post Medieval cast copper alloy rowel spur fragment. The rowel box, neck and part of one side remains, the other side and both terminals are missing to old breaks. The two arms of the rowel box terminate in collars then rounded knops with the rusted remains of the iron spindle through the centre.... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SUSS-E20F24 |
Post medieval | East Sussex |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy spur of Post-Medieval, probably seventeenth century date (c. AD 1600 - c. AD 1700). Only part of one side, the neck and an incomplete rowel box remain. The side is pointed oval in cross-section with a slightly convex inner and outer face; it is bent outwards and... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SUSS-130732 |
Post medieval | West Sussex |
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| Neck and rowel box from a cast copper alloy spur. The neck is circular in section and unusually long. It has an old break at the attachment end after which is a pair of raised collers, then a long plain section, 5.8mm in diameter, then three raised collars, the central one larger, before the rowe... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SUSS-9B7852 |
Post medieval | West Sussex |
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| A pair of fragments presumably from the same pair of Post Medieval cast copper-alloy spurs (c. 17th century). Although the spur terminals are of identical construction the rowels themselves, which are otherwise similar, differ in their number of points; one may be a replacement. Both terminals ... | |||||
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Rowel spur | IOW-88E883 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Wight |
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| A complete cast-copper alloy post-Medieval spur rowel (c. 1550-c. 1700). The rowel has eight points and has a sub-circular perforation at the centre with a maximum diameter of 3.3mm. Each point is triangular in plan and all taper in width and thickness from the centre. The hole is worn and both f... | |||||
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Rowel spur | SF-E13F28 |
Post medieval | Suffolk |
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| A cast copper-alloy spur rowel of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is star shaped with six evenly spaced points and a central circular perforation. The points are pointed oval shaped in form and oval shaped in section, the lower half of each point joined to the two neighbouring points. The enti... | |||||
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