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Description: | Post-medieval cast copper-alloy hooked mount. The mount consists of a plate, trapezoidal in plan, with an integral backward-turning hook. The plate has a slightly concave back and a convex front. It is narrowest at the hook and widens to a rounded bifurcated end. There are two rivet holes set close and aligned diagonally towards the bifurcated end of the plate. The holes are filled with iron corrosion product. The rectangular cross-sectioned hook is bent back until the tip meets the back of the plate. A copper-alloy ring is retained by from the hook. The mount measures 36.7mm long, 13.8mm wide and 2.9mm thick; it weighs 3.39 grams.Comparable hooked mounts can be found illustrated in Margeson (1993, 39; refs.: 257, 258) where they are dated to c.1550-1650 AD. Such mounts were probably associated with sword belts. There are many similar examples on this database including SOM-61F750 and SOM-6EAF93.
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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