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Description: | A cast copper-alloy sword belt mount with part of a separate sword belt fitting (c. 1500-c 1600). It is sub-triangular in plan, moulded at the front and flat and plain at the rear. From the trefoil end it has a minimum width of 12.4mm and then flares outwards to a width of 15.0rmm. At the lower side of this point there is a break where there would have been an integral circular attachment loop. Beyond this point there is a concave waist at the top. Along the lateral centre-line there are two empty rivet holes, one at the trefoil end and one close to the opposite end. Below this latter rivet hole there is an integral attachment loop containing the hook of a similarly shaped sword belt fitting. The hook is sub-circular in cross-section and has an enlarged tip. The front of the mount has a scrolled foliate design. The object has a mid-green patina overall, slightly corroded in places. 40.0 x 33.9 x 2.1mm. Weight:10.05g. A similar mount is illustrated in Read 2001: 43 and dated c. 1500-c. 1600. However, this Isle of Wight find possesses only two attachment loops, rather than the three shown illustrated in Read.
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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