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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting; a decorative mount. In plan, the mount is an elongated drop shape with a integral knop at the widest apex. It is undecorated on the upper surface. The reverse is also undecorated and has two integral spikes which are circular in section, which taper to a point and both a bent over away from each other. The surface of the mount has red copper corrosion. It measures 29.83mm long, 13.42mm wide and 6.3mm thick, weighing 2.9g. Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. Egan (Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39) comments that when they were used as dress accessories and continued on horse harness straps into the 18th century. The style of decoration is similar to that on dress hooks of the 17th century (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 5) Nos. 71 to 75. The mount probably dates to the late 16th to 17th centuries.
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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