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Description: | Copper alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date. The fitting is in the form of a long hook with a decorative front. The front tapers from the top and is broadly D-shaped in section and with moulded decoration on the upper surface in the form of a raised lateral band, with three incised longitudinal grooves with a human figure beneath. The figure is facing and has the arms crossed across the chest. There are numerous incised transverse lines below the figure which point towards the centre of the object. The fitting then expands slightly and then tapers into a slightly rounded knop with moulded decoration, possibly in the form a face formed by small circular depressions to represent the eyes and mouth. The reverse is mainly flat, with the exception of the main moulded decorative area, which has a concave reverse. Considerable gilding survives on the upper surface. Above the figure the fitting continues with a rectangular sectioned element which is bent over to form the hook. This element expands to form the elongated sub-oval terminal which is slightly concave (L. 14.74mm. W. 7.71mm. Th. 1.18mm). Patchy red / brown patina. Similar hooks are known from early post-medieval contexts and are thought to be sword-belt fittings. | 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: | 1601
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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