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Description: | Post medieval mount; cast copper alloy suspension strap mount, probably dating from the 16th century. The mount has a long, sub-rectangular plate with a scalloped edge at the top. The plate tapers slightly at the bottom before opening out into openwork circular loops. One complete loop remains on the right side of the plate and the broken remains of a similar loop are present on the other side of the plate. Between the loops the plate extends and is flattened in the perpendicular plane. This extension has been pierced with a large, oval hole, which is now blocked with rust-coloured corrosion. There are the remains of two circular rivets in the centre of the plate, one near the top and the other near the loops. The whole mount has a curved profile.A mount of very similar shape is recorded in Read (see reference below). That mount has a curved hook in place of the pierced hole. Read describes his as a 'hook, eye or loop' and suggests that a second object may have been suspended from it. He also points to a parallel recorded as a strap end in Egan.Length 42.5mm, width 17.0mm, thickness 8.2mm, weight 7.70gRefs: Read 'Hooked-Clasps and Eyes' (pp. 218, no. 783)Egan 'Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition' (fig. 23, no. 148)
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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