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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy mount from a post Medieval sword belt. The fitting is cast in one piece with a rounded sub-triangular, slightly convex, attachment plate forming the main body of the mount. The remains of two small rivets, aligned down the midline of the mount, are still in situ. The face of the mount has traces of incised linear decoration with a line around the border and one down the centre. The apex of the mount, designed to point downwards, is elongated and curled back on itself to form a loop, rectangular in section, from which another part of the sword belt fittings would have been suspended.Such fittings are dated c.1500-1700.
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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