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Description: | Cast copper alloy loop with bar for a swivel fitting. The loop is oval, 34.3mm by 18.8mm by 4.7mm thick, with a sub rectangular cross section and a catch at one side where there is a break with the ends cut into overlapping points. It the base of the loop are two circuar sectioned collars, the larger 14.2mm in diameter, and below these projects a circular sectioned bar, 7.3mm, with a possible old break at the other end. It is 59.6mm long in total and weighs 29.23 grams.While the general form is similar to swivelling loops on Late Medieval purse bars it is more robust than the usual examples and the catch on the loop is not paralleled in the usual sources. It is likely to have acted in a similar way, as a loop that swiveled on a bar or strap at right angles to it. Such a fitting may have had a variety of uses but the robustness would fit with a harness related use. The general form may suggest a Post Medieval date.
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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