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Description: | Cast copper alloy incomplete scabbard hook decorated with a moulded running man within a penannular frame with expanded terminals. There are four moulded ridges reminiscent of foliage above the frame and these are echoed in the terminal of the hook, just above the knop. The subject and style of the decoration appears to be very similar to an example of a quillon-dagger haft which Read (HBOF) illustrates on page 196, No.1382, which he dates to the 19th century.
Bailey (DF3) illustrates scabbard hooks from Napoleonic bayonets on page 62, Nos.1-10, which are dated from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. Other examples of scabbard hooks moulded in this Neo-classical style are dated to the early 18th century, such as an example of a more ornate and substantial sword scabbard hook illustrated in Wilkinson (1970) page 57, Fig.49. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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