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Description: | A cast copper alloy mount or strap fitting. The mount comprises three main features, but it is unclear which way around the mount would have been positioned. The main body of the mount is oval in shape and has been decorated with incised lines, made to resemble a shell. Projecting out of the tip of this main section is a rounded knop with a circular terminal. On the other side of the main section there is some sort of attachment fitting (now broken). This appears to have once been a hook. On the reverse of this hook there is some iron corrosion. Otherwise the reverse is undecorated. The reverse is also concave to reflect the convex nature of the front of the mount. This artefact was probably attached to a thick strap or belt, and may be post-medieval in date, circa 16th ?? 18th century. The metal is pitted and much of the original surface has been lost. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour, traces of a black lacquer are still visible. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hutchinson, Ruth | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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