01-02-2022, 12:39 PM
Hello everyone,
First of all, best wishes for 2022!
I am gathering some information about the wooden chest from the Corbridge hoard. As far as I can read in "Excavations at Corbridge - the Hoard", the chest is constructed as follows:
- Made out of multiple planks joined with dovetail joints.
- Bottom is fixed using the tongue and groove joint
- Right-angled iron strips are added to the corners to reinforce the box
- Copper alloy dome-headed studs are used to add the reinforcement strips
- The lid is attached by iron hinges
- There was a lockplate on the chest
- The chest had a fitted leather sleeve
There is no information about the lid other than it was misinterpreted as floorboard. But the thing is that the iron hinges are not straight but bend at an angle. Could that be an indication that the lid was not a flat but might be a "domed" lid? What do you guys think?
First of all, best wishes for 2022!
I am gathering some information about the wooden chest from the Corbridge hoard. As far as I can read in "Excavations at Corbridge - the Hoard", the chest is constructed as follows:
- Made out of multiple planks joined with dovetail joints.
- Bottom is fixed using the tongue and groove joint
- Right-angled iron strips are added to the corners to reinforce the box
- Copper alloy dome-headed studs are used to add the reinforcement strips
- The lid is attached by iron hinges
- There was a lockplate on the chest
- The chest had a fitted leather sleeve
There is no information about the lid other than it was misinterpreted as floorboard. But the thing is that the iron hinges are not straight but bend at an angle. Could that be an indication that the lid was not a flat but might be a "domed" lid? What do you guys think?
Known as "Mitchell" in the 20th/21th century
