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Description: | Cast copper alloy fragment of a sword-belt hanger still with its hook but missing the majority of the mount that would have been riveted to the belt. The mount has broken around one of the rivet holes as the edge of half of the hole still remains. Around this hole and above the hook are the remains of the foliate decoration in the form of a central moulded lobed leaf with the base of fronds on either side. The end of the hook has an expanded zoomorphic terminal with a lobed knop and a moulded crest. This mount would have been one of three that hooked through another larger mount at right angles to suspend the sword scabbard from the sword belt.Read (2008) illustrates a similar complete sword-belt hanger, and a zoomorphic hook on a sword belt mount, on page 220, Nos.793-4, which are both dated from the 16th century.
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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