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Description: | A complete and corroded post-Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked mount (c. AD 1550-c. 1650).The mount is convex at the front and partially concave at the rear. It is sub-triangular in plan with a small concave incurve at the upper edge. The sides taper towards the rearwards projecting hook which is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. Two rivet holes are situated in the plate. The hole nearest the top is open and the other hole, about mid-way along its length, is filled with the remains of an iron rivet. The tip of the misshapen hook makes contact with the rear of the plate. This hook would probably have retained a free running ring.The object is corroded and in poor condition.Length: 25.29mm; width: 11.32mm; thickness: 4.56mm. Weight: 1.57g.Similar mounts, probably associated with sword belts, have been published and illustrated (Margeson 1993: 39, refs: 257, 258).
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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