ANALYSIS OF NON-FERROUS PLATINGS AND DEPOSITS ON IRONWORK FROM BEDERN AND COPPERGATE, YORK
Author(s): T Horsley
A number of plated iron objects from medieval Bedern and Coppergate were analysed qualitatively by X-ray fluorescence to identify the plating metal or metals used. Most non-ferrous coatings were tin or tin-lead, the rest being various copper alloys. Gilded silver was found on three pieces of ironwork from Bedern.
- Report Number:
- 87/1997
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 10
- Keywords:
- Copper Alloy Iron
