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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy S-shaped belt hook fitting,a copper alloy belt terminal frame and part of a leather belt of sixteenth or seventeenth century date (AD 1500 - AD 1700). Overall length 72mm, maximum width 55mm. Weight 34.72g. The identical terminals are in the form of a swan?s head. The central part of the fitting, the shared gorged neck of the two heads, has moulded decoration. The decoration is in the form of studded collar enclosing a sheath containing foliage. The maximum width of the neck of the swan is 8mm and it tapers towards each head which is about 6.5mm in width. The S-shaped hook is linked to a circular wire ring which is an integral part of a sub-rectangular wire belt terminal frame which has rounded ends, all part of which are circular in cross-section. The ring has an external diameter of 16mm and an internal diameter of 9mm. The frame terminal, including the ring, is 32mm in length, 55mm in width. Attached to the frame is a fragment of a leather belt which is 40mm in width and is secured around the wire frame by a single copper alloy rivet mid-way across the width of the belt. The rivet has a flat circular head which is 7mm in diameter. The shaft of the rivet is sub-square in cross-section, about 17mm in length and tapers slightly. The pointed end of the rivet has become dislodged from the hole in the leatherwork. The metal parts are reddish purple and minor patches of a mid-green patina survive. The leather fragment is dark brown and is very hard and stiff. | 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 | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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