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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable seventeenth century date. The strap fitting is in the form of an acorn and measures 27.6mm by 16.1mm by 3.2mm. It weighs 4.75g. The back is flat and the front convex. The acorn's cupule is moulded to give it a hatched appearance and the nut is quite pointed with a rounded knop at its end. On the back of the fitting are two integral lugs which would have been used to secure it onto a leather strap. The tip of one lug is broken but the other has a pointed end and a length of c. 10mm. Similar strap fittings can be seen in Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, pp. 29, 37, nos. 331-4). | 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: | 1600
1699 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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