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Description: | Post Medieval copper alloy strap mount. The strap fitting is a stylised acorn design. It is sub-oval in plan with the upper half being slightly narrowed. The mount face is convex and the reverse concave. The reverse also has two incomplete fused on spikes for mounting. These spikes would pass through the strap leather and hold the fitting in place. The surface of the mount is corroded and abraded. Dates to between c1500 and c1700 AD. Similar examples of strap fittings can be seen in Read (Read 2001: 29, fig. 22, refs: 331-334 ).The length is 26mm, width 12mm, thickness 6mm (plate 2mm), and the weight 1.57g.Similar mounts on the database include GLO-479373, DOR-E101E3, WAW-CF39F4, and IOW-F427E8.
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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