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Description: | Post Medieval incomplete cast copper alloy hook or eye section from a two part fastener. The central plate is heart-shaped with a central heart shaped void and a small knop projecting form the outer sides about half way down. At the point of the heart the sides turn outwards to form a flat-edged foot shape, either end of which shows evidence of old breaks; this would have continued into a hook or eye, probably, given the position of the breaks, an eye. From the top of the heart projects a rectangle, the end of which exapands into T-bar. There is some evidence of silvering or tinning. It is 20.5mm long, 16.9mm wide and 1.8mm thick; it weighs 2.03 grams.An identical example is illustrated in Read (2008) p.187, no.703-4, who classifies them as Class F Type 1 and suggests they were used with 16th to 17th century sword belts.
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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