Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-9DD28B
Object type certainty: Certain
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Description: A fragment of a high tin content copper-alloy post-medieval spur. Only part of one arm and its terminal survives. The arm is triangular in cross-section narrowing towards the terminal and curving slightly in profile. The terminal consists of two circular loops with bevelled outer edges. The surface shows traces of tinning in places.
Date: Post-medieval
Dimensions: Length: 29.32mm, width: 13.33mm, thickness: 4.31mm, weight: 4.37g
Discussion: This style of terminal appears on a pair of iron rowl spurs excavated in Winchester from 16th and 17th century contexts (Biddle 1990, 1039-41, nos.3868 & 3872), but the type appears to have been used into the 18th century too.Spurs with straight arms, like this one, tend to be later in date than those with curved ones and so this example is unlikely to be early enough to qualify as treasure.
This spur was mis-identified originally as being silver, it is in fact a high tin-alloy that gives a silver appearance (AGB 8/2018)
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th August 2016
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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