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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy hooked strap fitting, probably associated with a sword belt of the Post-medieval period. Length 57mm, width 31mm and 1.5mm thick. Weight 8.97g. The flat fitting is shield-shaped in plan with an integral forward facing hook, the end of which is broken and missing. The break is old. The top of the shield is pointed at the centre with a curving outline either side. The two corners at the top are pointed. Each side is concave and the lower two corners are rounded. The base is straight and horizontal. Around the outer edge is a plain border (about 1.5mm in width) enclosing a panel which may have been decorated. However, due to corrosion, it is difficult to specify what the decoration might have been. Near the centre top there is the remains of an iron rivet. There are two other similar iron rivets, one near each lower rounded corner. All three rivets are flush with the front and rear faces. The hook is D-shaped in cross-section. The metal is corroded but appears to be in a stable condition. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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