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Description: | An elaborate strap fitting, probably part of a sword belt fitting. The basic form of the fitting is X-shaped (although one of the arms of the X is now missing). A square panel held between 2 of the arms of the X leads to a hinge (formed by folding an openwork rectangle back on itself). Projecting out from behind the centre of the X is an attachment mount to fixing the piece to a belt or strap.
The X itself is moulded in a floral or scrollwork design. The square panel leading to the hinge has an incised square in the centre, and there is another incised central line along the arms of the hinge. There are remains of gilding on the piece. | 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
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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