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Description: | Post medieval belt hook; cast copper alloy hooked mount, probably a fitting from a sword belt, of 17th century date. The mount has a large, oval plate with a little, oval terminal knop extending from one end. The opposite end has a small collar with the broken remains of a further extension. This extension would originally have formed a hook for hanging an attachment from the belt to which the mount was fastened. The plate is decorated on the front face with a number of punched annulets, although it is quite worn and the exact design cannot be clearly seen. It has a single rivet near the hook end of the plate, which can still be seen on the reverse of the plate. There is also a rivet hole in the terminal knop which has the remains of a second rivet.Length 45.4mm, width 20.9mm, thickness plate 2.4mm, thickness end 4.2mm, thickness protrusion 4.3mm, weight 9.43gRef: Read 'Hooked-Clasps and Eyes' (pp. 221 & 222, nos. 797-800)
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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