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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting; a decorative mount. In plan, the mount is an oval with, at each terminal there is an integral floral 'tulip-like' shaped moulding. It is undecorated on the upper surface. The reverse is also undecorated and has four integral spikes which are circular in section, taper to a point and are bent inwards, one is incomplete. They are positioned one on each edge and there still remains a large fragment of leather held in place by the spikes. The surface of the mount has red copper corrosion and traces of a dark green patina. It measures 29.83mm long, 13.42mm wide and 6.3mm thick, weighing 2.9g.Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. Egan (Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39) comments that when they were used as dress accessories and continued on horse harness straps into the 18th century. The style of decoration is similar to that on dress hooks of the 17th century (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 5) Nos. 71 to 75. The mount probably dates to the 17th or 18th centuries.
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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