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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy 'S'-shaped belt fastner of Post-Medieval, sixteenth or seventeenth century date (AD 1550 - AD 1700). One terminal is in the form of a snake's head. The object is expanded in the centre as the main body of the snake. At the other end it tapers to a tail. The strap fitting is decorated on one face only. On the upper surface the main body of the snake is decorated by a repeating pattern of V shaped scales pointing towards the tail of the snake. The head has pellet eyes. The object is brown in patina and is well preserved. Similar examples are illustrated in Gordon Bailey's 'Detector Finds 3', 1997, pages 20-1.
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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