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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap fitting (belt mount) of probable post-medieval date (1500-1700). The openwork strap fitting is irregular in plan. The overall decorative design consists three knops at the tip before the openwork fitting tapers towards the tip. There are two knopped and preforated projections located just before the tip. The reverse face of the fitting is irregular but broadly flat, concave and undecorated. Two cast sub-rectangular projections (hooks) extend from either end of the fitting. The strap fitting has been bent upwards slightly.The strap fitting is 32.45mm in length, 14.75mm wide, 5.85mm thick and weighs 2.9 grams.
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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