- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Iron spur with incomplete, V-shaped heel spur and very long cylindrical neck, bifurcated at the end where there is an eight-pointed star rowel. One arm is curved and terminates in two loops, the other is broken with only a fragment remaining. [JC [OPS Move] 6/4/2017]
- Geographical reference
- England Greater London City of London EC4 Cannon Street Station
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1401-1500
- Date collected
- 1864
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: Found unentered
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 11 mm, Height: max 35 mm, Width: max 64 mm, Length: max 271 mm, Weight 118 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.408 Other numbers: 1926
Search terms: Animal Gear, Spur Animal Harness
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