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Description: | An incom[plete cast copper-alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date. It belongs to Read's Early Post-Medieval unclassified toggle-clasps Type 6 (Read, 2008: pp. 210, no. 762). The bottom corner of one side is incomplete due to old breaks and the decorative elements on the surfaces are uncertain due to post-depositional wear and damage. It has a flat decorative plate at one end that is oval shaped in form with semi-circular notches to each side and two central circular rivet holes. The form of the decorative elements on the front face the the plate are uncertain but appear to be foliate in nature. From one end of the plate extends an integrally cast eye section that is rectangular in form with the remains of a central rectangular aperture now incomplete due to old breaks. A raised transverse rectangular collar is visible at the juncture of plate and eye piece, with a second similar collar at the outer edge of the eye piece. Both appear to have the remains of foliate decoration on their front faces, although the precise form again remains uncertain The lower half of the eye piece is now incomplete due to old breaks. This object measures 42.68mm in length, 13.48mm in width, 2.55mm in thickness, and weighs 3.83g.This is probably an incomplete sword belt fitting with a near identical example published by Read (2008: no. 762). It is of Post-Medieval date, probably dating to the 16th or 17th centuries AD.
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