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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy 16th/ 17th century sword belt fitting, consisting of an incomplete openwork 'plate' from which hangs one 'hook' - there was probably at least one more hook suspended from the missing part of the plate.The plate has a central triangular shape, one point of which is in the middle, just to one side of an iron rivet. The other two points are rounded to give a heart-shaped appearance. A knop projects from between them, which still holds an iron rivet in situ. Inside the heart-shaped triangle are three projections, suggestive of two circles and a triangle, one in each corner. To the other side of the central iron rivet, broken projections suggest a central area (central becuase it is different to the heart-shaped triangle - presumably there was another of these on the other side) with a circle and triangle flanking the iron rivet.The hook hangs from a suspension loop in the same plane as the plate. Just above the hook itself is a tiny 1mm diameter rivet hole, a flat semi-circular knop projecting to each side. This then extends into an asymetrical heart-shaped triangle of the same design as that on the plate, with a projecting knop between the rounded corners bearing traces of iron corrosion from a rivet.The length of the object is 79mm, the incomplete width 35mm. It weighs 14.46g.
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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