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Description: | A cast copper alloy mount with pendant suspended loop of medieval date. It comprises a square plate from which a narrower rectangular strip projects downwards, bending back behind the plate where it slightly expands before narrowing to a point, forming a lozenge shaped terminal. A copper alloy rivet, integrally cast to the reverse of the front plate runs through a hole in this terminal and would have held the fitting to the strap. A copper alloy circular loop, oval in section, is suspended through the bent strip. A small amount of gilding is visible on the loop. The plate measures 26.4mm in lenth, 15.5mm in width at the square front section, 9.6mm at the lozenge back section and the strip between 5.4mm. The plate section measures 7.7mm in thickness. The loop measures 14.9mm in diameter, 3.0mm in thickness. The whole strap fitting weighs 9.81g.A range of similar examples, mostly with smaller front plates, is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991; 221, 223) dating to c.1350-1400 and this example is likely to be of similar date. LVPL1380 on this database is also very similar. It has part of two further fittings hanging from the suspension ring, one appears to be a strap end while the other is interpreted as tweezers, given the fragmentary nature of the suggested tweezers the interpretation is uncertain.
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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