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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting; a decorative mount. In plan, the mount is a drop shape with three linear radiating grooves as decoration on the upper surface. The reverse is undecorated and has two integral spikes which are oval in section, taper to broken edges and are bent to one side. The surface of the mount is a shiny dark grey colour. It measures 16.07mm long, 10.35mm wide and 6.62mm thick, weighing 2.3g.Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. Egan (Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39) comments that when they were used as dress accessories and continued on horse harness straps into the 18th century. The mount probably dates to the 15th to 16th 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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