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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy S-shaped belt hook or strap fitting with an incomplete iron attachment loop, of probable sixteenth or seventeenth century date (c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1700). Overall length 38.0mm, maximum width 16.0mm, maximum thickness 4.0mm. Overall weight 13.93g.Surface detail is visible on only one face of the fitting. The surface of the other face is obscured by the corroded iron loop. The identical terminals are in the form of a snake's, or possibly, a swan's head. The central part of the fitting has moulded decoration in the form of a plain collar and forms the shared gorged neck of the two heads. On the visible face the collar is flanked on either side by a feather-like motif. The maximum width of the neck, close to the central moulding, is 6.0mm. It tapers towards each head to a minimum width of about 4.0mm. At one end the S-shaped hook is linked to a circular copper alloy iron ring which is integral with part of an iron attachment loop. This ring has an outer diameter of about 14.0mm although it is incomplete due to corrosion. The copper alloy element of this object is in a stable condition and the iron part is corroded and in poor condition. A number of these S-shaped belt hook fittings are published in Bailey, G. 1997. Detector Finds 3. 20-21. Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing.
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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