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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy mount of Post-Medieval date, possibly from a sword belt. It has a moulded body that is D-shaped in section with a flat back and rounded upper surface. The mount has a central plate that is oval in shape and tapers at one end to a waist above a tri-lobed terminal. The two outer lobes of this terminal curl outwards and upwards, while the central lobe has a D-shaped shank and terminates in a circular knop that may have had a small integral hook on the exterior edge, but this is missing due to old breaks. At the opposing end of the mount is an integral circular suspension loop with circular perforation that contains a corroded iron rivet for attachment to a belt. All surfaces of the mount have traces of an added white metal coating. It measures 30.14mm in length, 13.59mm in width, 4.02mm in thickness, and weighs 3.49g. This is probably a mount from a sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date. Similar examples are noted on the PAS database (see for example BERK-0DAFC7 or KENT-1807A6) as well as from Norwich (Margeson, 1993: no. 260). This example was found in the same field as two other fittings of almost identical shape (SF-7F3412 and SF-7EDC66) and it is likely that they were all components of the same sword belt fitting. It dates to the 16th or 17th century AD.
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