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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting; a decorative mount. In plan, the mount is a circular. The upper surface has a moulded design consisting of a '+' within a beaded border. Three fields of the cross have sub-triangular voids. The reverse is flat and has two integral oval sectioned studs, one is incomplete, and the other is bent. The surface of the mount is a mottled mid green colour. It measures 17.17mm diameter, 6.14mm thick, weighing 1.7g. The strap fitting, a mount, probably dates to the late Medieval to early Post Medieval period, c. 1500 to 1700. The style of decoration may suggest the mount is later 17th century. Egan (Egan G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition Museum of London and English Heritage) illustrates strap mounts, for example No. 136 and discusses that these may have also decorated harnesses as well as personal belts.
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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