Site:
18ST329
Fly
Context:
Unit 25743A, Lot 146. Plow zone over brick floor feature.
Site Date Range:
c. 1650-1750
Metal:
Copper alloy
Tine Length:
0.4”
Leather Thickness:
0.15”
Description:
This ornament that looks like a six-petaled flower has been called
a “faceted sexfoil” style by archaeologists in London. The motif became
common for leather decoration by the mid-1300s (Egan
and Pritchard 1991). Early examples usually had a separate rivet
rather than the integral tines of this example, however. This is most
likely a 17th-century example, indicating that this motif persisted
for several centuries.
