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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of Post Medieval date (AD 1500 ? AD 1700). Length 43mm, maximum width 21mm and maximum thickness 4.6mm. Weight 6.43g. The object consists of three distinct integral elements, A plate with curvilinear profiles, a rectangular part with an open centre and a circular suspension loop on one of the longer sides of the rectangular part. The plate, which is flat and symmetrical with a rounded end, is 22.5mm in length with a maximum width of 14.4mm. It is cusped on either side at the centre to form a ?waist?. Near each end of the plate, along the longitudinal centre-line, is a circular rivet hole, each of which is about 1.5mm in diameter. Each rivet hole has iron staining around its edges. Around the edge of the plate is a plain border of 1mm in width. Within the border, the whole of the plate is decorated with a raised and opposed foliate design. The rectangular part is 20.5mm in length and 13mm in width and the inner rectangular opening is 12mm in length and 6mm in width. The two longer sides are flat and the short side adjoining the plate is also flat but slightly raised above the height of the longer sides. The other short side is raised further in height and when viewed from the end, is curved in profile. Each of these two short ends also has raised foliate decoration. The integral loop appended from one of the longer sides of the rectangular part is roughly circular in plan and projects outwards about 8mm. The perforation of the loop is sub-circular with a maximum diameter of 4mm. The reverse is largely flat and plain. On this side each of the rivet holes are countersunk and have iron staining around the depressions. The reverse side of the short and curved end of the rectangular part is, of course, not flat. The piece is in fair condition and is mainly covered with a light to mid-green patina. | 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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