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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy strap fitting for a sword belt. Post-Medieval (AD 1500 - AD 1700).Length: 20.4mm; width: 15.0mm and 9.9mm thick. Weight: 2.83g.The fitting is sub-triangular in plan and has a curvilinear outline with two projecting lobes at the top, one at each corner. At the rear there is a flat loop which is 'D'-shaped in side profile. It is integral at the top and the free end makes contact with the rear face itself. The top of the loop has a width of 5.1mm and it tapers to a width of 2.9mm. The front face is decorated with curving grooves projecting from a central stem, a characteristic design often encountered on sword belt fittings.The object has no patina and is generally covered in loose light green copper alloy corrosion deposits. The lower part is missing due to an old transverse break.
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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