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Description: | Incomplete 16th Century copper alloy sword belt fitting. What survives of this fitting is the mount plate. It is 63.52mm wide, 29.86mm long (to the bottom of the suspension loops) and 2.56mm thick and weighs 17.29g. Cast in one piece, the mount plate is subrectangular in plan, and pinched in the middle. Either end is trifoliate. The mount plate is barely convex, giving it a semicircular section. The two circular suspension loops are integral and both are complete. There are three rivet holes in the plate. The central iron rivet survives, evidenced by the iron patches to the front and back of the mount around the rivet hole. The other two rivets are missing and no iron corrossion can be seen around the holes. The mount plate is decorated on the front with a foliate design that is now quite worn. The reverse of the mount plate is plain and flat.The overall patina of the fitting is midgreen with flashes of lighter green to the front and back.The two seperate hooked fittings are missing. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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