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Description: | Cast copper alloy belt hook in the form of a snake which would have hooked onto fitments at the end of the belt on a military uniform. The snake's upper body is decorated with wide moulded oblique parallel ridges and the head has pellets for eyes surrounded by lozenges and arcs with transverse parallel lines between them, across the top of the head. The underbelly is covered in fine moulded transverse parallel lines, from the neck to the tail. The body of the snake, which is 7.6 mm wide, tapers towards the head, which is 6.6 mm wide, in one direction, and towards the end of the tail, which is 3 mm wide, in the other. This style of belt hook, in the form of a snake, was first made in the 16th century, but was then revived in the late 18th century, during Hanoverian times, when it was worn by military personnel.Bailey (1997) illustrates a similar example from a military belt on page 21, No.4, which is dated from the 18th century.Read (2008) illustrates a similar example from a military or police belt on page 230, No.824, which is dated from the 19th 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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