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Description: | A cast copper-alloy strap fitting: a hooked plate from a post-medieval sword-belt fitting. The strap fitting is sub-triangular in plan with a moulded trefoil shaped upper edge and it has a slightly scroll like design at the base. The body of the fitting has two rivet holes, each filled with traces of an iron rivet. The outer surface is decorated with an elaborate scrolled foliage pattern. Integral to the base there is a hook which is oval in section and curves outwards and then upwards and terminates with a bulbous knop. The object now has a mottled mid green patina. The fitting measures 51.79mm long, 21.89mm wide and 11.58mm thick at the hook. It weighs 9.7g.These strap-fittings tend to consist of a mount with three suspension loops from which hang a trio of hooked plates; the scabbard straps would have been attached to these plates. The ensemble features foliate decoration on their visible faces: an illustration of a complete sword-belt fitting can be found in Read (Read, B. 1995 History Beneath Our Feet Anglia Publishing, Ipswich). Their design and decoration are relatively standardised. Such fittings 'proliferate in the 16th and 17th centuries' (Geake 2001 Finds Recording Guide 1.1 unpublished, 35). And Gaimster (David Gaimster ( 1988 'Two post-medieval sword-belt fittings from Pyecombe, West Sussex' p. 245ff. Post Medieval Archaeology) narrows down the date to the mid 16th to early 17th centuries.
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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