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Description: | Five copper-alloy post medieval circa 16th century decorative belt or strap mounts.
1: Lozenge shaped mount with lozenge shaped hole through its centre, 20.65mm in length and 11.35mm in width, 1.14g in weight. To integral spikes curves towards each other from each terminal on the back face.
2: Circular domed stud, 14.01mm in diameter and 2.88g in weight. Concave back face with two intgeral tapering spikes projecting from opposing edges of the back face.
3: Incomplete mount, with an oval shaped centre and trefoil temrinals, one of which is now missing. Measuring 26.9mm in length and 13.41mm in width it is 3.36g in weight. The terfoil terminal have decorative grooves. One complete and one fragmentary integral spike survives at either end of the back face of the mount.
4: Complete mount with angular trefoil terminals and a small oval shaped centre, 34.25mm in length and 14.33mm in width, 4.55g in weight. The front face is decorated with a central incised four petalled flower and each terminal has grooves representing leaves flanking it. There are two integral spikes projecting from either end of the back face.
5: Complete mount, with one triangular terminal a rectangular shaft and one terminal with two rounded lobes, measuring 19.76mm in length and 10.78mm in width, it is 1.85g in weight. There are two integral spikes projecting from either end of the back face and these pass through a surviving fragment of leather. | 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
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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