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Description: | A copper alloy hook with a zoomorphic terminal which is probably a hook from a sword belt fitting of the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The hook is U shaped in plan and is 29.6mm long, 11.9mm wide and 7.3mm thick. The terminal is moulded in the form of an animal's head, perhaps a dog with bared teeth and flattened ears. It wears a studded collar and then there is a mane of wavy hair. The hook then bends in a U and is undecorated. The other end is broken but would probably have been attached to a plate fastened to the scabbard. Sword belt fittings are normally decorated with scrolls and foliage, so this animal theme is more unusual. Similar objects can be seen in Gordon Bailey's "Detector Finds 2" (1993).
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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