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Description: | Post Medieval Strap Fitting: Fragment of a cast copper alloy S-shaped belt fastener. Only one of the terminals has survived and is moulded into the shape of a zoomorphic head, probably intended to be a swan or possibly a snake.Belt Fasteners of this type are thought to originally have had a military connection and had two main periods of fashion in the 1600s and later in the 1700s.This fitting has been dated c.1600-1800.
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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