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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked strap fitting of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 - c. 1700).Length: 66.5mm; width: 50.0mm and 3.8mm thick. Weight: 20.58g. This cast-in-one mount is symmetrical and sub-triangular in plan. It is slightly convex at the front and flat at the rear. Two flaring 'wings' emanate from the lower star-shaped part, below which is part of a hook. The outer outline profiles of these features are curved and part of the inner profile forms an inverted heart-shaped opening. However, the upper part of the heart-shape is incomplete due to two old breaks. Each 'wing' has a wide oblique shallow groove which is flanked by very narrow grooves on either side. The upper part of each flaring wing has a rivet hole containing the remains of a corroded iron rivet. The lower part, from which the 'wings' emanate, has a cusped outline profile which gives it a star-shape. An off-centre rivet hole in this part is filled with the remains of a corroded iron rivet, similar to those aforementioned. The forward projecting hook is incomplete due to an old break. The surviving part is D-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The rear face is flat and plain. The object is in good condition and has a light to mid-green patina overall, although the rear surface has some off-white corrosion deposits. The remains of the iron rivets are corroded and the corrosion deposits have migrated onto the copper alloy surfaces. A fragment of a similar hooked strap fitting has been recorded from Niton and Whitwell Parish, Isle of Wight and another fitting from Gisburn Parish, Lancashire is also comparable. See Portable Antiquities Scheme finds: IOW-36C3E7 and LANCUM-CC96D3.
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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