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Description: | A cast copper-alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date. It has a triangular plate with trilobate terminal at one end and two smaller projecting lobes at the other from which extend an integrally cast hook. The hook is U-shaped in form, circular in section and curves forwards terminating in a globular terminal. On the front face of the plate and lobes is moulded foliate decoration, with the remains of two central iron rivets visible positioned at either end of the plate. The back face is flat and undecorated. It measures 50.12mm in length, 20.80mm in width, 1.99mm in thickness, and weighs 8.21g.This is one piece from a larger sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date identical to a published example from Somerset (Read, 2008: no. 793). It is of probable 16th to 17th century AD 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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