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Medieval Pot Mends
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Banished:
 found this yesterday on a roman site. I remember seeing something similar in the press but cantremember what it was.......anyone any ideas?
 
Georgian Tim:
 It is a medieval pot mend rivet.Ceejay ID'd one for me a few weeks ago.I think that the referencewas the MOLAS Medieval Household book, page 170.
 
 
 
Banished:
 thanks tim, i remember now.........how would it have worked tho? i can't work it out!
Georgian Tim:
 Sorry, I can't help on that one.Maybe Ceejay can enlighten us?
ceejay:
 These sheet metal rivets are folded from cut lozenges and were used alone to repair small splitsand together to apply patches to larger areas of damage in all kinds sheet metal vessels . Theyhave been found in contexts from early-12thC to late-15thC.
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