Copper-alloy tweezers found near Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0
Copper-alloy tweezers found near Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0

Copper-Alloy Tweezers (NARC-444DBA)

Copper-alloy tweezers found near Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire

Tweezers were common personal items that people would have carried with them and could have been highly decorated.

Object Type

Toilet article

Date

circa 700 — 1066

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

copper_alloy, Northamptonshire, personal_hygiene, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, toilet_article, tweezers

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

(c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

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