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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy sliding sword belt hook of late 15th century or early 16th century date. The surviving part of the sword belt hook measures 58.13mm by 18.97mm by 8.23mm and weighs 25.84g. It comprises a zoomorphic terminal which is set at right angles to a straight section, which after 30mm curves out and then starts to curve back round on itself. If complete, the curving section would have continued round to form a semi-circle before straightening once again into a rectangular loop through which a strap would pass. This loop would have been parallel with the other straight section. Similar examples on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database include HAMP-BCBBD4, from Crawley, Hampshire, SWYOR-7A0712, from Hampole, South Yorkshire and NLM4187, from Revesby, Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire example is complete and undistorted and also has a similar zoomorphic terminal.
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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