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Description: | Post Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked mount. The mount consists of a plate, sub-trapezoidal in plan, with an integral backward-turning hook. The plate has a slightly concave back and a convex front. It is narrowest at the hook and widens to a rounded bifurcate end. There are two rivet holes in the centre of the plate, aligned vertically. The holes are filled with iron corrosion. The rectangular sectioned hook is bent back until the tip meets the back of the plate. On the hook is a small copper alloy ring.Comparable hooked mounts can be found illustrated in Margeson (1993, 39; refs.: 257, 258) where they are dated to c.1550-1650 AD. Such mounts were probably associated with sword belts.
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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