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Description: | A complete but corroded cast copper-alloy S-shaped belt hook fastener of post-medieval date. Each end of the fastener terminates in a moulded dragon's head, represented bifacially. These have jaws, eyes and crests all moulded. The object then expands slightly towards the centre of the body of the animal, with bevelling to the edges. At the centre is moulded floral motif formed of four knops, recessed on both sides, and flanked by indistinct mouldings on both faces in low relief. One of the heads almost abuts the central moulding. The other head has been pulled much further from the centre, as with the example quoted below. The object has corroded to a dark-grey colour with green corrosion product in places.A close parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2008, 230; ref. 822). The dates offered below follow Read's suggestions, but as these are themselves tentative and such objects are difficult to date precisely, a later date cannot be ruled out entirely.
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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