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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting; a decorative mount. In plan, the mount is an elongated sub pointed oval with moulded edges and is decorated on the upper surface with pellets and scrolls. The reverse is undecorated and has two integral spikes which are circular in section and taper to a point. One spike is broken, and this occurred recently. The other spike is bent over at c. 40°. The upper surface of the mount has red copper corrosion; the reverse has a matte grey coloured surface. It measures 35.33mm long, 15.59mm wide and 7.92mm thick, weighing 4.2g. Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. Egan (Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39) comments that when they were used as dress accessories and continued on horse harness straps into the 18th century. The style of decoration is similar to that on dress hooks of the 17th century (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 5) Nos. 71 to 75.
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