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Description: | An incomplete and corroded post-Medieval cast copper-alloy strap fitting in the form of a hooked mount (c. 1500-c. 1700).This mount is moulded at the front and partially concave at the rear. At the front, one end (possibly the top), has radiating grooves and ridges and is in the form of a shell. A circular rivet hole is situated at the base of the shell. Below the shell, the plate narrows and tapers slightly. At each side of this part are three small notches with a pair of lobes below. There is an incised saltire-cross over the lobes. Adjacent and integral with these lobes there are the remains of a rearwards curving hook. The rear face is largely concave but the surface of the lobes and hook are flat. The break is old.The object is corroded and has traces of black lacquer within the grooves and crevices.Height: 35.48mm; width: 14.22mm; thickness: 3.57mm. Weight: 3.81g.
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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