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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked mount (c. 1575-c. 1700).The mount is sub-hemispherical, with a central convex element. The upper surface of this element is faceted lengthways in three faces. One side face is slightly narrower than the other two. At one end there is a small lobe which is divided from the central element by a single horizontal ridge. At the opposite end, an integral hook is divided form the central element by two parallel horizontal ridges. The hook curves forwards. However, only a small part survives due to a break. The surviving part is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. The rear of the central element is concave and the ends are flat. On each of the ends, at the rear, there was an integral rivet. The stub of one survives and the scar of another (behind the lobe) is present.On the rear face there would have been a separate plate riveted to the mount that secured it to a strap. This part is missing.This mount has flecks of a mid-green patina and the surface colour of the metal is a dull reddish brown. The breaks are old.39.7 x 21.5 x 8.8mm. Weight: 8.71g.A hooked mount of similar construction can be found illustrated in Read (1988: 147, ref: 995). Read (2001, 30) states that such a mount would have been used to suspend a sword scabbard from a baldric, although it is sometimes classified as a dress fastener (and can be seen functioning as such on late 16th-century portraiture). The example illustrated in Read features a pendent fitting which hangs freely in the hook.
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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