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Description: | A complete Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy 'S'-shaped strap or belt fastener dating to c. 1500-c. 1900 AD. The fastener has twoserpent head terminals with a finely moulded beak and eyes. Closest to the head are three moulded lines followed by a patterning on the neck to represent scales. The necks narrow below the heads before expanding towards the centre of the body. At the centre, on both faces, there is a moulded motif made up of curved lines. Attached to one of the hooks is a circular wire copper-alloy ring which is circular in cross-section. The object, including the ring, is in good condition and the surfaces are green in colour with some evidence of silvering remaining on the central moulded decoration. The object weighs 9.6g and measures 37.91mm in length and 16.22mm in width.Parallels can be seen in Bailey's (1997) Detector Finds 3, Greenlight Publishing: 21-22. Fasteners with snake heads continue in use on military and boys belts well into the 20th 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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