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Description: | Cast copper alloy flat strap fitting with a large attachment plate and loop at one end. The plate is rectangular expanded into a point at one end and with pairs of indents to each side at the other end with the loop. There is a central inscribed groove running down the centre of the plate with rivet holes filled with iron corrosion at each end. There is an additional off centre rivet hole near the looped end. The loop is flat and kite shaped with a broader, longer triangle attached to the plate and a flatter triangular end. The hole is square and closer to the end. It is 56.1mm long, 16.8mm wide and 2.2 thick and weighs 7.92 grams.No exact parallel to this item could be found in the usual sources but the general form and decoration is similar to other 17th century belt fittings suggesting this may be one of the complex set of belt fittings popular at this time. It may have been used in conjunction with Read (2008) p.217-8, no.s 782 and 783 which have similar shaped plates ending in a hook rather than a loop.
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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