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Description: | Cast copper-alloy harness or spur fitting with enamel decoration. The object is composed of three linked parts: the first is a sub-rectangular plate with a hollow, cylindrical ring on the reverse; the second is a sub-rectangular plate with a central rivet at the back and a suspension loop coming from the top, linking this segment with the first - this is folded back and attached to the rivet in the centre of the segment to which it belongs; the third segment of this object is a pin (resembling a belt pin) which curves through the top opening of the cylindrical reverse of the first segment and exits out of the middle of this ring. The part that passes through the opening of the cylinder has been broken and probably carried a head stud.
Decoration consists of white, enameled heraldic devices for each of the two plates; a vert field forms the background for both. On segment one a stylized heraldic cross stretches from each of the four sides of the plate. For segment two the stylized cross runs from each of the four corners of the plate.
The width of segment one is 20.50mm, and is 9.78mm thick. Segment two is 15.79mm wide. The length of the entire object is 51.89mm | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Collins, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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