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Description: | Cast copper alloy sword belt fitment or hanger in the form of a shield-shaped strap-end mount with vine foliage pattern consisting of two fronds, on either side of a central stem and vine leaf, and two vines reaching up in an arc and intertwining into a heart shape. The mount has three rivets and a hook to attach to the loop of the broken belt bar which is also decorated with vine a foliage pattern of five sprigs and has one rivet remaining. The mount has iron corrosion products around its central rivet where it would have been attached to the slings that supported the sword scabbard. The mount is 31.2 mm long and 32 mm wide and the belt bar is 20 mm long and 29 mm wide. The total length is 68 mm and the mount and bar are generally 2 mm thick. Bailey (DF2) illustrates a similar example on page 47, No.2, which he dates to c.1550-1600.
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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