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Description: | Post Medieval cast copper alloy sword belt fitting. It is roughly foliate in form, with incised decoration forming a leaf pattern. It has a trefoil shaped terminal at one end below which it narrows before widening to rounded shoulders about a third of the way down. from which it tapers to the other end where there are two lugs flanking a forward projecting hook. The hook is oval in cross section and ends in a spherical terminal. There are two circular fixing holes containing iron corrosion, one near the trefoil terminal and one above the hook. It is 51.3mm long, 20.4mm wide and 11.6mm thick including the hook, 2.5mm excluding it; weight 8.83g.This is one of usually three fittings that together formed a hanging arrangement for a sword. Read (2001 p.39, Fig.26, No.373) illustrates a complete example which he dates to the 16th century AD.
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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