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SADDLE
Unique ID: IOW-936FF3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy saddle pommel (c. 1500-c. 1650 AD).
The object is U-shaped in plan and semi-circular in cross-section. It is decorated with grooves throughout its length on the outer face. There are two circular holes at one side which have a diameter of 3.6mm. The perforated wing is largely missing.
This pommel is corroded and has traces of a mid-brown patina on the outer face. The break is old.
61.4 x 31.4 x 19.8mm.Weight: 27.15g.
Numerous saddle pommels are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. A close parallel is one from Framfield Parish, East Sussex (SUSS-FD1670).
A Two-piece pommel has been published and dated 16th-17th century (Read 1995: 127, ref: 808).
The pommel would have been riveted onto a wooden protrusion on the front of the frame of the saddle, to which the reins could then be secured. Saddles were wooden framed and leather clad at this time in order to support a man in full armour.
Class: pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.4 mm
Width: 31.4 mm
Thickness: 19.8 mm
Weight: 27.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2011-2-370
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 1988 | History Beneath Our Feet (1988) | Braunton | Merlin | 127 | 808 |
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