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1886.1.982

A pair of iron rowel spurs [.1 - .2]. Each has a U-shaped heel band with a circular plate and eight-pointed star rowel. [JMC 30/4/2019]

1886.1.982

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Collection type
Object
Description
A pair of iron rowel spurs [.1 - .2]. Each has a U-shaped heel band with a circular plate and eight-pointed star rowel. [JMC 30/4/2019]
Long description
A pair of iron rowel spurs [.1 - .2]. Each has a U-shaped heel band with a six-lobed plate decorated with six perforations. From this the bifurcated, kidney-shaped neck extends, with a kidney-shaped hole cut out on each side. It holds the eight-pointed star rowel. The arms of the heel band are incised with an undulating pattern, and terminate in ornate plates with cut out semicircles. [JC [OPS Move] 7/4/2017]
Person
Field collector Mr Sherrard
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1824
Date collected
?On or before 1824
Acquisition information
Transferred: 17/02/1886
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Process Wrought, Process Incised, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Height: max 61 mm, Width: max 84 mm, Width: max 81 mm, Length: max 231 mm, Length x Width: max 63 x 234 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.982 Other numbers: 121
Research and responses

Alison Roberts of the Dept of Antiquities Ashmolean Museum confirms that they hold no more information about Sherrard than he was from Camberwell [AP 28/05/2014]

Search terms: Animal Gear, Spur Animal Harness

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