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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy sword belt fitting which is 50.7mm long, 20.9mm wide and 12.3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a rough dark green patina. The object is roughly foliate in form, with incised decoration forming a leaf pattern. It has a trefoil shaped terminal at one end and a hook at the other. The hook has a spherical terminal. There are two circular fixing holes; one near the trefoil terminal and one above the hook, both are encrusted in iron corrosion. This would have been one of two or three fittings that together formed a hanging arrangement for a sword. It dates from the 16th or 17th century. Similar examples on the database are:LEIC-90E315, GLO-C01133 and NLM-7D26F5.
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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