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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy sword-belt fitting with a copper alloy suspension ring of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1700). Overall length 42.0mm, width 11.0mm and 2.4mm thick. Weight 3.06g.It consists of an oval plate which is convex at the front and concave at the rear. It has an integral hook that retains a free running copper alloy suspension ring. The plate, inclding the hook, is 34.3mm in length and the maximum width of the plate is 11.0mm. The plate narrows at one end to form the hook that curves to the rear and almost makes contact with the rear of the plate. The hook is convex at the front and flat at the rear and has a blunt tip. The width of the hook is about 3.2mm. Along the longitudinal centre-line of the plate are the remains of two copper alloy rivets which are about 4.0mm apart. At the front they are dome-headed but at the rear each rivet is incomplete due to old breaks. The free running ring has an outer diameter of about 11.0mm and the internal diameter is about 8.5mm. The ring is worn, so that its original shape in cross-section cannot now be determined but its present shape in cross-section is oval. Both corroded elements of this fitting appear to have been crudely made and are in poor condition. The fitting would have been used to secure the scabbard to the sword-belt.
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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