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Description: | A cast copper alloy S-shaped belt hook or strap fitting dating to the Post-Medieval period, (1500-1700). The object is S shaped in plan and oval in cross-section. Both terminals are decorated in the form of a swan's head with molded eyes, feathers and beak. One head curves more narrowly to the centre, whereas the other is extended more widely away from the centre. The central part of the fitting, the shared gorged neck of the two heads, also has molded decoration. This decoration is in the form of a collar, flanked on either side by two leaves. Each of the leaves are decorated with one linear groove. Remnants of gilding can be seen on the object. The fitting is 40.4mm long, 17.8mm wide, 7.5mm thick and weighs 14.19 grams.A similar example from the River Thames foreshore is no.825, p230, Read, (2008) and has been dated to c. mid-16th century. A more complete example which can be found on the database is LANCUM-0B7987.
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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