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Description: | A cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of post-medieval date. The fitting measures 50.32mm by 21.18mm by 2.8mm and weighs 9.79g. It consists of a curvilinear plate with a forward curving hook at the narrow end, which would have been fitted onto the scabbard strap for a sword. The plate contains a rivet hole towards each end (both of which contain traces of corroded iron rivets) and the hook has a rounded knop at its end. The front of the plate is decorated with incised curving lines in a foliate design. This sword belt fitting probably dates from the sixteenth or seventeenth century AD.
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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