Cockshead hinge
‘Cockshead’ hinges were so named because each of the four terminals was shaped into the head of a cockerel. This example was found in Exeter.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 114/2002
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- iron
- Common Name
- cockshead hinge
- Simple Name
- hinge
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
