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Description: | A cast copper alloy post-medieval mount for a sword belt, horse harness or baldric (Read 2008:223). The mount is the 'eye' connection for the hanger and has a heart-shaped centre with openwork trefoil within and a hanging / suspension loop beneath and a broken connection or other trefoil design at one end. The opposite end has a rivet loop with the remains of an iron rivet within it. The object is flat on the reverse. This type of mount is detailed in Read (2008:223 no. 802) and is dated to the 16th or 17th 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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