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Description: | A worn copper alloy openwork strap fitting or mount of Post-Medieval date. It is flat, heart shaped with a terminal at the base comprised of three projecting lobes. The centre of the fitting has openwork decoration consisting of a large triangular perforation at the base, above which there is a bilobate perforation at the top of the heart shape. The two perforated areas join at the centre of the plate and are demarcated only by two short inward projecting knops. The back face of the mount is flat and undecorated. At the top and bottom are the remains of integral lugs or rivets to enable attachment to the strap or belt. These are square in plan, oval shaped in section and are missing their tips due to old breaks. Both lugs are slightly folded over. The entire mount measures 29.69mm in length, 17.15mm in width, 1.94mm in thickness, and weighs 3.42g. This strap fitting or mount is of Post-Medieval date, probably belonging in the 16th to 18th centuries AD.
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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