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Description: | An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy sword belt fitting c. 17th century AD. The object has a central hollow dome-shaped plate. The plate is undecorated but has integral projections on opposite ends. At the top end is a teardrop-shaped projection which is concave on the underside, separated from the main body by a narrow collar, This terminal has a small circular rivet central to the tear drop shape. At the opposite end the main body is extended into a narrow neck which terminates in an old break where a hook would have been. An integral lug projects from the rear of the object just above where the hook would have been attached. The fitting has a mottled light green and brown patina. The fitting is 42.7 mm long, 21.4 mm wide, 7.1 mm thick and weighs 9.37 grams. Similar objects can be seen on the database at references LVPL-A40137 and SWYOR-EFB293 A similar fitting is illustrated in Read: Hooked Clasps and Eyes (2008) p227 No. 816.
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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