rowel-spur
- Museum number
- 1961,1102.9
- Description
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Rowel-spur of copper alloy. The large rowel is missing; the swan neck has a high angular arch. The sides dip down from a medial crest and narrow towards the front where they ended in figure-of-eight terminals, one of these is now missing. The surface is decorated with punched floral ornament and is heavily patinated and cracked on one side.
- Production date
- 1625-1660
- Dimensions
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Length: 116 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Object description by T.Richardson, Royal Armouries.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1961
- Acquisition notes
- Found at bottom of trench on silt in 1935.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1961,1102.9
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AL116/486 (Royal Armouries)