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Description: | A corroded cast iron ensemble relating to a post-medieval sword belt. The group consists of a double-looped buckle with suspension loop - a sword belt hanger - and a hooked mount from which it would have hung.The buckle is formed of a pair of conjoined 'D's. It is bevelled externally on its upper surface, bevelling echoed internally on the lower. Both outer edges have been bent upwards at an angle of around thirty degrees. The pin is missing. At one end of the pin bar is an integral suspension loop that protrudes forwards at right angles to the frame and outwards at an angle of around forty-five degrees. The loop is sub-circular as a result of corrosion; the central perforation is circular. The frames measures 27.0mm longand is 34.35mm high including the loop. The frame is c. 3.5mm thick, and the object up to 13.0mm thick given the loop. A similar hanger can be found illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 72; ref. 449), although the published example is in copper alloy. Whitehead dates such hangers to the period c. 1500 to c. 1630 AD.The hooked mount measures 43.2mm in length, up to 13.85mm wide, and is c. 3.7mm thick. It terminates at one end in a trefoilate knop which has been perforated; the corroded remains of a rivet survive in situ. Below the the body expands to a width of 11.35mm, before narrowing gradually to a waist (W.: 5.1mm). On the lower surface the main body is slightly convex. Below the waist the mount expands slightly to a lobe of comparable width to the trefoilate terminal; this lobe is similarly perforated and also retains a corroded rivet. From the lobe a curving hook emerges from the bottom left corner, continuing in the same plane as the mount. When viewed in profile it can be seen that the upper half of the mount has been bent upwards slightly. Numerous hooked mounts can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 42; fig. 25).
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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