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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap fitting for a sword belt of Post-Medieval, sixteenth or seventeenth century date (AD 1500 ?? AD 1700). Length: 45.37mm; width: 25.34mm and 2.72mm thick. Weight: 7.13g.
The plate is flat and shield-shaped in plan with a top formed by two cusps, concave sides and a slightly rounded base. Projecting from the centre of the rounded end is an incomplete forward projecting hook which is sub-oval in cross-section, having a maximum diameter of 4.59mm and the tip is lost from an old break.
At the top centre is small circular rivet hole and in each lower corner there is a similar rivet hole; two holes contain corroded iron remains, probaby of rivets. The front face of the plate is decorated with a moulded symmetrical foliage design in relief. The design is in the form of palmate leaves springing either side of a central stem. The leaves vaguely resemble those of the vine. The reverse is flat and plain. This type of fitting would have been attached to a scabbard strap.
Bailey (2001) page 47, No.2 illustrates a similar example and these appear to be a standard type produced in great numbers. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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