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Description: | One end of a Post Medieval cast copper alloy sword belt hanger. The hanger was originally hexagonal with two loops and a central bar and small transverse loop at the base. The two large loops acted as a slide on the belt with the end of the sword belt hooked into the transverse loop at the base. Part of the base with the transverse loop and the end of one side survives. The back is bevelled and the side angles out at 120 degrees to the base. The transverse loop projects opposite the central bar and is formed of a flat projecting circle with drilled off centre hole. It is now 17.3mm wide, 15.2mm long and 11.0mm thick including the transverse loop, 2.9mm thick excluding it. It weighs 2.32 grams.Similar but complete examples differing in having plain or indented upper edges, missing on this example, are illustrated in Whitehead (2003: 72), no.450 and 451 and dated to c.1500-1630 AD. See also WILT-F538F2 on this database for a complete example.
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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