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Description: | A cast copper-alloy hooked strap-fitting dating from the post-medieval period. Length: 31.2mm; width: 19.5mm; depth of hook: 8.2mm; mass: 4.1g. The fitting consists of a flat plate with a hook at one end formed from a curved projection at 90 degrees to the plate. There is a circular aperture in the plate (diameter: 5.3mm) and a curved edge at the opposite end to the hook. The curved edge may be the remains of second aperture accross which the fitting is broken. The fitting, including the edge which may be broken, has a pitted green surface.The fitting is broadly similar to numbers 257 and 258 in "Norwich Households: Medieval and post-medieval finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78" (Margeson, 1993, figure 22 and p.39). But the fitting recorded here has much larger aperture(s) on the plate than the rivet holes on objects 257 and 258. Margeson (ibid.) states that objects 257 and 258, which are from contexts dated to 1600-1650 and 1600-1700 respectively, are probably associated with sword-belts. She adds that they may be of late 16th or early 17th century date.Margeson (ibid.) comments that hooked mounts hung from loops on a bar attached to the sword-belt, and the slings for the sword would then be attached to the mount by way of rivets. The strap fitting recorded here probably also dates from the late 16th or early 17th century, and possibly associated with a sword-belt.
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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