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Description: | Cast copper-alloy spur strap fitting with rectangular aperture for a leather strap, decorated with acorn terminals either side. Projecting from the centre of the strap fitting is a T-bar which is bow-shaped in profile. Presumably this would have attached to a hook fitting which would have had an element that fitted under the arch of the bow, as well as clasping onto the T-bar, such as the hooked chape of a spur buckle. The acorn is a motif used on many types of dress fittings and mounts from the 15th to the 17th century.
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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