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Collection Item: Handcuffs
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Handcuffs
- Object category
- Post-Medieval
- Description
- Three-piece iron handcuff. Single cuff only. square-section, straight cross bar with a circular terminal at either end. The mobile, curved bow is rivetted through one terminal. The bow is a large ellipse, also terminating in a circular head with a central perforation. The bow is fused in a raised position. The terminal of the crossbar, immediately below the open edge of the bow, contains the locking mechanism proper. A barrel lock remains fused in situ, open on one side. The internal mechanism has corroded entirely. Excavated from beneath Clifford's Tower - associated with one of the 18th century prisons on the eye of york?
- Production date start
- 1650
- Production date end
- 1800
- Period
- Post-Medieval
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 2014.281
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 21111
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Iron (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole length 7.7 cm
- Whole width 6.6 cm
- Bow thickness 0.7 cm
- Barrel diameter 1.6 cm
Find spot
- Method
- Archaeological excavation
- Place
- York
