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Description: | Post medieval mount; cast copper alloy strap mount or strap end of 16th or early 17th century date. The mount is triangular with a double lobed top, making it roughly heart-shaped, or similar to fly's wings. It has a debased acorn knop terminal at the bottom. Both faces are undecorated. The reverse has two integral attachment spikes.Length 31.2mm, width 14.1mm, thickness (plate) 2.2mm, thickness (inc rivet) 6.8mm, weight 3.54gRef: Compare Margeson 'Norwich Households' (pp. 38 & 39, nos. 257 & 258) which have similar shaped plates, although they have hooked terminals.Also see Egan 'Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition' (pp. 40, no. 136) which has similar attachment spikes
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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