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Title: ID this please Post by: anthonyjay on December 10, 2012, 03:56:56 PM Could anyone advise me on this. I think it may be a spur rowel, hence the added imaging(http://)
Title: Re: ID this please Post by: Spooyt Vane on December 10, 2012, 04:12:18 PM Spur rowels are usually like stars and i wonder if it is a part of georgian pastry jigger ?
Title: Re: ID this please Post by: anthonyjay on December 10, 2012, 05:47:12 PM Thanks Spooyt, I can see where you are coming from and inclinded to agree with your comment.
Title: Re: ID this please Post by: Chef Geoff on December 10, 2012, 06:01:54 PM It does look a little fragile for a rowel as those arms would quite easily cut in to flash and break off, personally I would say it's the centre from a toy wheel.
Title: Re: ID this please Post by: anthonyjay on December 10, 2012, 06:19:05 PM Thanks Chef that makes it even more interesting. It has a very heavy patina and the longest point is full length with no breakage. Thanks for your input
Title: Re: ID this please Post by: anthonyjay on December 13, 2012, 05:02:34 PM I have just looked up Spur Rowells on the 'net and there are plenty that seem to fit this artefact. It is made of brass/copper alloy and is quite difficult to bend. The age may be 17/18th C
Title: Re: ID this please Post by: Mike on December 13, 2012, 05:16:08 PM chinese death star ::) ::) ::) or the inside part of a plug hole / drain
Title: Re: ID this please Post by: anthonyjay on December 17, 2012, 03:41:08 PM An archaeologist has just told me this is a 18th century rowell because the terminals are round. Five pointed rowells were common in the 15th - 18th centuries, but tended to be more pointed.
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