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Description: | A cast copper alloy sword belt hanger of Post-Medieval date. It is rectangular in plan and section, with a decorative openwork plate. At the top of the fitting is a moulded transverse ridge with diagonal decorative motifs, beneath which is a single incised transverse groove. At the centre of the groove are the remains of an iron rivet for attachment to the belt or strap. Beneath the groove both sides of the mount have symmetrical openwork decoration comprising a punched semi-circle, followed by three projecting lobes and a further semi-circle. At the centre of the plate between the two sets of projecting lobes is a large circular perforation and a second iron rivet survives intact between the lower two semi-circles. Beneath the openwork decoration the plate continues with a raised transverse band with moulded diagonal decoration. This is followed by a long rectangular slot and a more prominent, curved rectangular moulded ridge with diagonal decoration at the base of the fitting. To the right hand side of the clot is a small integral circular suspension loop. The back face of the fitting is flat with the exception of the very base, which is concave. The entire object is rather poorly finished, particularly in the openwork section at the top, where the projecting sprues attached to the metal during casting have not been removed or filed down, leaving the plate rather rough and sharp to the touch in places. It measures 46.07mm in length, 21.43mm in width, 4.31mm in thickness, and weighs 9.62g. This is probably a sword belt fitting or hanger with a near identical parallel published by Read (1995: no. 716). This suggests a date in the 16th or 17th centuries for the current example (c.1500-1700 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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