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Description: | A corroded and bent cast copper-alloy hooked mount of post-medieval date (c. 16th century). The mount is sub-trapezoidal in plan with a double cusped upper edge. It tapers towards the forward-facing hook; the hook is now slightly misaligned. Above the hook a cusped collar with a semicircular removal on each side, above which a smaller removal. The mount is broadly flat and features a central longitudinal groove on its upper surface; the lower surface is plain. The mount features two rivet holes, one towards the upper edge, the other aligned with the uppermost cusping on the collar. The latter retains the corroded remnants of an iron rivet; the other rivet has been lost. The terminal of the hook is decorated with a pair of transverse grooves on its outer surface. The copper alloy features large patches of light green/brown corrosion product over a red-brown metal. The damage has occurred towards the upper edge of the mount. A parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2008, 217; ref. 782) which he dates to around the 16th century AD. Such mounts were possibly associated with sword belts.
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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