Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
FERRULE
Unique ID: SF-08E1A7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy ferrule of probable Medieval date. It is cylindrical, formed from a single sheet of copper-alloy folded and pinched together forming the tube shape. The entire object tapers slightly towards the rounded terminal end, which has a moulded transverse rectangular collar. The exterior surfaces are extremely worn, although traces of a dark brown patina survives. It measures 84.71mm in length, 8.59mm in diameter (at attachment end, 6.56mm at terminal) and 10.34g in weight.
This is a copper-alloy ferrule that finds close parallels in an example published from Winchester (Biddle, 1990: no. 4096). This suggests a later Medieval date for the current example, perhaps in the 14th to 15th centuries AD if not slightly later.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 84.71 mm
Weight: 10.34 g
Diameter: 8.59 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's Ref.: 13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Fressingfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: NMS-65D608
Object type: LACE TAG
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Large Medieval possible lace chape with a butted seam, neatly pointed closed end, from which two small pieces have been excised before foldin…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: YORYM-62F991
Object type: PADLOCK
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
An incomplete cast copper-alloy bolt and spring mechanism from a Medieval barb-spring padlock, c. 1200-1500. It comprises an L-shaped arm with…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NMS-59A33E
Object type: LACE TAG
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Incomplete medieval sheet copper alloy possible lace chape, a tapering tube with a butt seam and a missing soldered collar just above the cut…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618