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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy belt mount of probable 17th or 18th century date (c. AD 1600 - c. AD 1800). It has been suggested that these mounts may have been worn with naval uniform. The piece is convex at the front and is roughly an elongated tongue-shape, tapering from top to bottom, with a rounded terminal. At the opposite end there is an old break and the missing part would have been bent backwards in order to secure the mount to a belt. Moulded decoration on its widest part at the front is in the form of a floriate design consisting of a central stem with sprouting leaves at each side. The rear face is concave, except a small portion close to the break which is flat.The object is slightly corroded and is mainly covered in powdery green copper alloy corrosion products.Similar objects are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds from the parishes of Wilden, Kensworth and Totternhoe in Bedfordshire: BH-2173D4, BH-7D0728 and BH-F68964.
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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