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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of Post Medieval date (AD 1500 ? AD 1700). Length 38mm, maximum width 13mm and maximum thickness 3.3mm. Weight 3.71g.
The object consists of two distinct integral elements, a plate with curvilinear profiles and a transverse integral element. The plate, which is flat and symmetrical with a rounded end, is 23mm in length with a maximum width of 13mm. 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 2mm 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 transverse element is formed by a projection at each side and also a central extension, which in plan, forms a T-shape. The central extension terminates with an old break where there was, prior to damage, a suspension loop or hook. This transverse element has similar decoration to that of the plate, a plain border containing a foliate design. 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 piece is in fair condition and is mainly covered with a light to mid-green patina. The front and rear faces also have a patchy white deposit of an indeterminate substance. | 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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