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Description: | A fragment from a cast copper-alloy post-medieval strap-fitting (16th- to 17th-century AD). The fragment is flat apart from a slight bend upwards at the point at which it broke. It features a rectangular terminal (W.: 17.4mm) with cusped ends and a transverse median groove. There are diagonal incisions certainly decorating the half above the groove. At the base of the terminal element is a central attachment perforation, slightly recessed on the upper surface. Slight traces of orange corrosion product around the hole on both faces suggest that it took an iron rivet. Below the terminal the mount incurves to a waist (W.: 7.35mm). Below is a large circular openwork hole (Dia.: 6.35mm) either side of which the mount expands to a max. width of 16.35mm. These expanded sides both have trilobed outer edges. Below is a further waist (W.: 7.02mm) before a further expansion around a rivet hole. The artefact has broken at the point of this second rivet hole, evidently a weak point to judge by comparable fragments (e.g. NMS-5E1C26 on this database). The outer edge on the upper surface is slightly bevelled; the lower surface is completely flat. A more complete mount can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 43; ref. 371). This features similar diagonal decoration on the lower elements to echo that on the terminal of this example. Read (2001, 39) dates such a mount to the 16th century, although a slightly later date cannot be ruled out. The artefact has corroded to a dark green colour with areas of overlying corrosion product.
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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