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Description: | A cast copper alloy sword belt strap fitting (hooked plate). The plate is ornately moulded with scrolled foliage decoration. The hook is thickened with a spherical terminal. There are two iron rivets, one at the hook end and one at the opposite end. The reverse is undecorated. There are traces of an unknown applied substance on the surfaces, which is black; the metal is mid to light greyish green. Sword belt fittings of this type date to the 16th ??17th century. | Subjects: | Sword belt | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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