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Description: | A complete cast-in-one copper alloy strap fitting in the form of a probable belt hanger. Probably Late Medieval or Post-Medieval (c. AD 1400 - c. AD 1700). Length 38.8mm, width 12.0mm and 12.8mm thick. Weight 7.18g.The fitting consists of three elements, a loop, a neck and a closed hook. The loop is sub-rectangular in plan. It has a length of about 20.0mm and a width of 12.0mm. The upper end is slightly curved. The outer face of each side of the loop is flat and the inner faces are slightly convex. Below the loop is an off-set neck which has a length of about 5.0mm and is sub-triangular in cross-section. One face is convex and the other two faces are flat. The neck evolves into a hook which is sub-triangular in cross-section. It tapers in width slightly from the neck towards a blunt tip which makes contact with the base of the neck. The object is mainly covered in copper alloy corrosion deposits. However, two small areas of a decayed buff patina have survived, one on the convex part of the neck and one on the inner face of the loop. It is possible to see minute flecks of gilding on the surface of the patina around the neck. The object is in a stable condition.
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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