Accession No
1925.345 A
Description
Incomplete copper alloy rowel spur with bent neck, missing rowel and half of one side. Sides have plano-convex cross-section with the extant end featuring a figure of eight terminal; both sides appear to have been bent at ninety-degree angle at their midpoint.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England
Period
?Medieval
Source
Pennant, Thomas [collector]; Feilding, Rudolph Robert B. A. A. (ninth Earl of Denbigh) [depositor and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1925.345 A; MAA: D 1912.64
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
95mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Spur without rowell
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for D 1912.64: 'Portions of two spurs, and a buckle, bronze.'
Event Date 1912
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Acquisition Details)
Originally given Deposit number (D 1912.64), accessioned in 1925.
Event Date 1925
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1925.345 A-B: 'Parts of bronze spur and buckle.'
Event Date 1925
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Research Visit (Archaeology
Anthropology)
RES.2017.2383 | Researching David Pennant collections for a forthcoming exhibition on travel writing history at Dr Johnson's museum
Event Date 20/7/2017
Author: rachel hand
Description (Physical description)
Bronze spur without rowell, one end broken and missing.
Event Date 6/7/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Incomplete copper alloy rowel spur with bent neck, missing rowel and half of one side. Sides have plano-convex cross-section with the extant end featuring a figure of eight terminal; both sides appear to have been bent at ninety-degree angle at their midpoint.
Event Date 13/2/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:45084
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