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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy sword belt fitting dating from the 16th or 17th century. The object is roughly triangular in plan, with moulded decoration now mainly illegible but probably forming a foliate pattern. It has a narrow trefoil shaped terminal at one end and would have had a hook at the other but this is now missing. The front of the plate is slightly convex and the back is concave. The plate is bent across the middle. No rivets or rivet holes are visible, but the remains of holes may be obscured by corrosion. This object would have been one of two or three fittings that together formed a hanging arrangement for a sword.
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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