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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy mount, probably a strap fitting or related mount, c. 13th-15th century AD. The mount consists of a triagular-section rod with a debased trefoil attachment knop at one end and an expansion with a rivet hole in the other; the rod then opens into a keyhole-type opening, with a sub-rectangular upper section and an oval lower section. Whether this was meant to be small buckle or strap loop is uncertain, however there are no traces of a space to accommodate the pin or a central strap bar. The remains of two iron rivets are intact within the rivet holes. The strap fitting is bent slightly at its debased trefoil end and therefore measures approximately 54 mm long, 7 mm maximum width (trefoil end), 9 mm maximum width (loop end), 3.6 mm thick and weighs 6.9 grams.A similar object, albeit with a hook-end is discussed and illustrated in Read, 'Hooked Clasps & Eyes', p. 217, no. 779. It is uncertain whether this object would've been used in the exact same fashion to affix a secondary object, but it is likely that it was used in a similar way.
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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