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Description: | One end of a post medieval sword belt mount dating to the 16th century. The flat plate of the mount has a tri-lobed end with a narrowed waist underneath. This waist then starts to expand before ending in an irregular, worn, break. The front of the mount has raised, cast floriate decoration in a design known as 'vine-scroll'. There is an iron rivet still present in the plate, in the centre of the tri-lobed end.This is part of one of usually three fittings that together with a upper plate formed a hanging arrangement for a sword. Read (2008: 220, No.793) illustrates a complete example of such a hanger which he dates to the 16th century AD and there are several others on this database including SOM-EF4646.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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