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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount probably from leather strap, c.late 15th-16th century. The proximal end has two adjacent concave cut outs, while the distal end has a circular loop on either side of a hook (now broken). Decorated with a central longitudinal incised line. There are two rivet holes set along this line, one with an iron rivet surviving, the other with iron corrosion. Length 43.68mm, width 20.30mm, thickness (with rivet) 7.52mm, (without rivet) 2.01mm, weight 8.86g. Similar mounts are featured in Read (1995), p114, no.s 720-3, dated late 15th-16th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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