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Description: | Cast copper alloy sword belt fitting length 48mm, width 16mm, thickness 9mm, weight 7.16g. Elliptical body with a collared knop on the top, this knop has a rivet hole in the centre and iron encrusting around the edge which is all that remains of the rivet. The bottom section of the body narrows to a double collared flat section where a second rivet is mounted, this one is integral. There is a loop at the bottom, which holds a trefoil that has a loop on each section. From here two further straps would have been connected to hold the scabbard in position. This artefact dates 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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