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Description: | A copper-alloy hooked mount of probable 17th century AD date (B. Read; 2001; pp. 30; no.355). It is suggested that the function of such mounts may have been to suspend a sword from a baldrick.
The main part of the mount is rectangular in plan, has angled outer edges and a hollow underside. A pointed knob, which extends upwards from the centre of the rectangular part's upper edge, contains a corroded iron rivet. At the bottom of the rectangular part, a square protrusion extends into a backwards-curving hook of semi-circular section. On the reverse, a damaged sheet copper-alloy plate has been attached to the back of the mount's rectangular part, covering the hollow underside.
The mount measures 49.6mm long, 18.9mm wide and 8.6mm thick. The weight is 12.16g. | Subjects: | Sword-belt | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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