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Description: | The object is probably a cast copper alloy pendant-mount hook of a sword belt fitting. Gaimster dates these to the mid 16th to early 17th centuries.
The pendant mount hook is a sub-triangular shape in plan, with moulded curvaceous sides. The upper portion of the mount narrows to form a sub-rectangular protrusion with a broken terminal. The terminal originally would have formed the hook. The break is not a recent break. The outer surface of the pendant is decorated with a scroll and lis design, which in the low relief areas has traces of a black coating. The body of the mount has two rivet holes. The reverse of the mount has iron staining.
The condition of the mount is fair, it is incomplete, and the surface is slightly corroded. It measures 39.8mm long and 18mm wide. It weighs 7.45g. | 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: | 1550
1625 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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