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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy strap fitting (belt mount or belt stiffener) of Post Medieval date, circa AD1600-1700. In plan, the strap fitting is pointed at the top with a rounded lug on either side. The fitting is waisted just below the lugs and then the sides of the plate gradually expand to the rounded lower body of the strap fitting. The reverse of the strap fitting has a triangular hollow on the lower body. The top of the strap fitting and the edges are on the same plane. A round, integrally cast spike stump is present on the top and bottom of the reverse. The face of the strap fitting has a heavily abraded moulded decoration. A vertical ridge runs down the centre of the fitting. A curvilinear groove is located either side of the ridge at the bottom of the fitting. Above each groove is a raised pellet. A pellet is also present in both of the top lugs. The surface of the fitting is heavily abraded with a dark green patina. A broadly comparable strap fitting is recorded in Read: 2001, p34, fig 285.Length is 22.09mm. Width is 11.16mm. Thickness of the fitting plate is 3.65mm which increases to 5.35mm when including the remains of the spike. Weight is 2.8g
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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