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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-Medieval sword belt fitting (1500-1700).The hook is missing from the end of the plate in this example where there is an old abraded break.It is sub-triangular in plan, moulded at the front and flat and plain at the rear. From the break, the plate flares out to a width of 14.1mm and then narrows to form a waist which has a minimum width of 8.3mm. At the point the sides flare out and form a trefoil terminal which has a width of 16.3mm. The front has the remains of a scrolled foliate design which is largely obscured by corrosion products. It has the remains of a corroded iron rivet which is situated at the centre and pierces the trefoil element. The object is in poor condition and is corroded overall.25.8 x 16.3 x 2.4mm. Weight: 2.15g.It is probable that this hooked plate was one of three that were attached to a looped belt mount and the scabbard straps would have been attached to these plates (Read 2001: 43, ref: 373). Such fittings 'proliferate in the 16th and 17th centuries' (Geake 2001, 35).
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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