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Description: | A copper alloy S-shaped belt fastener dating from the post medieval period. It is decorated with a pattern of small scales on both faces and has a light green patina. There is a ferrous concretion blocking one loop of the S, suggesting that it has been in close proximity to an iron object, probably an attachment loop. It is 41.9mm long, 20.5 thick, and 11.8mm wide. It weighs 11.99gm. S-shaped 'snake belt' fasteners were probably associated with sword belts and parallels can be seen in Bailey's (1997) Detector Finds 3; p21 - 22. They are widely considered to date from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Geake, 2001).
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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