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Description: | A near complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy sword belt hanger with a main plate, from which hangs three complete, identical hooked mounts . Nearly all of the main plate remains, only the ends are broken along the rivet holes. Although the ends are broken, the circular rivet holes are discernible. Beyond each broken terminal is a neck, from which it widens to a shoulder, beyond which is another constriction then the central expansion into a lozenge shape. The front is decorated with foliate decoration in relief, in a style known as 'vine-scroll'. Three loops project down, one from the central expansion and the other two are half way between the centre and ends. The loops are in the same plane as the plate; they are oval, each with a worn circular hole. In each loop is a hooked mount. The plate is 61.8mm long, 15.0mm wide, 26.2mm wide including the hooks and 2.0mm thick (excluding the attached hooks); it weighs 36 grams in total.The mounts are flat and roughly foliate in form, with very worn foliate 'vine-scroll' decoration. They have a trefoil shaped terminal at the end opposite the hook above which it narrows before widening to rounded shoulders. Above the shoulders it tapers to the other end where there are two rounded knops flanking a forward projecting hook. The hook is oval in cross section and is looped forward, finishing with a wider spherical end. There are two circular fixing holes on each mount containing iron corrosion, one near the trefoil terminal and one above the hook. It is 49.7mm long, 17.4mm wide and 11.6mm thick including the hook and 2.4mm excluding it.There is a very similar complete strap fitting illustrated in Reed (2008, 220) and several others on this database including SOM-EF4646, all of which are date to the 16th 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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