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Description: | Post medieval fitting; fragment of fitting with swan or snake??s head terminal, probably dating to the late 16th or 17th century. The fitting seems to the be terminal end of something larger. The top is broken off. The broken end has a hollow curved cross-section. It tapers towards the terminal and the concave groove on the underside finishes just below the break, giving a solid cross-section to the terminal end. The terminal is curled back on itself and moulded with the head of a swan. This fragment is insufficient to interpret the function of the complete object. The style of the swan??s head is very similar to S-shaped belt hooks of this date, such as IOW-55B782 or HAMP-46DEB6 on the database.
Length 35.9mm, width 15.3mm, thickness (max) 7.7mm, weight 7.20g | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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