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Description: | A cast copper-alloy belt stiffener dating from the early post-medieval period. Length: 22.0mm; width: 7.7mm; depth: 14.3mm; mass: 2.4g. The belt stiffener takes the form of two adjoining sub-oval lobes. The lobes are in relief on the front, with a raised rib between. There are two incomplete rectangular-sectioned tapering spikes for attachment on the reverse. The stiffener has a brown surface.
In: ??Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations, 1971-78??, Margeson, 1993, p. 40 comments that this type of belt stiffener is probably early post-medieval, with spikes for attachment for use with leather belts or straps from horse harnesses. Margeson adds that they need not have acted only as stiffeners and one has been found in situ in on a leather belt from Exeter, securing the end of a belt loopped through a buckle (ibid.). The stiffener recorded here is similar to number 287 in Margeson, 1993. Number 287 is from a 16th century context and this is the suggested date for the stiffener recorded here. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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