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Description: | The object is probably a back plate of a sword belt fitting, which is made of cast copper alloy. Gaimster (1988 'Two post-medieval sword-belt fittings from Pyecombe, West Sussex' p. 245ff. Post Medieval Archaeology) dates these fittings to the mid 16th to early 17th centuries. The back plate in plan is a sub-rectangular shape which narrows in width at the centre. It has moulded edges as decoration, formed by horizontal curves forming steps towards the centre. Protruding from the centre of the lower edge is an integral sub-'n' shape which may have originally been a loop. Both terminals are broken, but not recently. The plate is decorated further by an uneven linear horizontal groove. At either terminal of the plate there is a single rivet hole, both filled with the remains of an iron rivet. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The condition of the back plate is fair, but incomplete, and the surface is slightly corroded, with traces of a dark green patina. It measures 36.9mm long, and 22.08mm wide. It weighs 5.5g.
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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