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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy hooked mount. The main body of the mount is rectangular in plan, which is then stepped and ends in a semicircular bottom. It is flat in section. The top rectangular portion of the mount is truncated and appears to be plain. The lower semicircular portion does have faint diagonal grooves, which may have given it a shell-like appearance. There are tiny traces of gilt to the front face. Extending from the semicircular portion is the integral hook that curls towards the front face and ends with a blunt point, possibly truncated. It appears to have a slight raised moulding, which may be the raised brow of a swan-like bird. The reverse of the mount is plain. There is no trace of a rivet hole or separate rivet, though this may have been part of the now truncated portion of the object. The object is abraded. The original surface survives in fragments with a mid green patina, exposed surfaces are dark green. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object has a surviving length of 30.9mm, is 18.4mm across the semicircular portion, 11.22mm across the rectangular portion, is 2.28mm thick and weighs 5.41g. The hooked mount is probably from a sword belt hanger. Similar examples with bird headed hooks can be seen in Read, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, figure 25, numbers 359 and 360. The object dates to the 17th century. | Subjects: | Hooked | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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