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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Post-Medieval strap fitting that is probably associated with a sword belt (c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1700). Length 33.0mm, width 24.0mm and 3.8mm thick. Weight 5.64g.The object is cast in one piece. It has a central decorative plate with a circular suspension loop at one end. The outer diameter of the loop is 11.0mm in diameter and its inner diameter is 5.6mm. Two arms at each side, close to the ends of the plate, extend outwards at right angles. However these are incomplete due to old breaks. The front of the plate as well as the front of the surviving parts of the arms have an engraved floral pattern although it is partly obscured on the plate by the remains of a corroded iron rivet that penetrates one end of the plate at its centre. The rear face of the fitting is flat and plain at the rear but it is slightly concave close to the rivet.The copper alloy element of this fitting is in good condition and has a mid-green patina. The remains of the iron rivet is in poor condition. A similar fitting has been recorded from Patching Parish, West Sussex. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SUSS-BC07E4
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