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Description: | An incomplete and bent cast copper-alloy openwork sword belt fitting of Post-medieval date, the artefact is probably the reverse plate of a sword belt fitting. The openwork plate is sub-rectangular in plan with moulded edges. In the centre there is an asymmetrical 'X' openwork design. Either side of the open work there is a perforation to hold a rivet, one survives. Protruding from the lower edge of the back plate are the vestigle remains of two oval loops, which are missing due to old breaks. The left hand edge of the fitting is complete, to the right the arefact is incomplete, two breaks are visible on a further asymmetrical 'X' openwork design. The front face is decorated with an elaborate foliate design, the reverse is undecorated. The arefact has been bent upwards in the centre and has a light green patina, iron corrosion is visible on the reverse adjacent to a rivet.A similar strap fitting has been recorded on the database WAW-BCE8F2
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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