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Description: | A post medieval copper alloy incomplete sword belt fitting which is 36.5mm long, 17mm wide and 5.5mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a rough patchy green and brown patina. The object is has an oval body which is broken at one end where a decorative terminal would be expected. At the other end is a wide sub-rectangular panel at right angles to the body, acting like a large collar, with a broken hook projecting from it. The hook is wide and tapers slightly but is broken where it starts to bend backwards. There is neither visible decoration nor rivets, which were presumably fastened through the missing part of the plate. 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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