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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy sword-belt mount, dating from the early post-Medieval period.The largest surviving portion of the mount comprises an oval frame with plain vertical arms, a thicker top bar and upward-arching bottom bar, the latter two both decorated by oblique, parallel grooves. Part of a flat-sectioned plate projects above this frame, with the remains of a circular rivet hole at the centre. A sub-circular loop extends outwards at 90 degrees from the bottom right corner of the frame.Length: 23.4mm; width: 20.6mm; thickness/height: 6.1mm; weight: 3.7g.A largely complete parallel for this piece is illustrated and discussed by Brian Read, who suggests a date of c. 16th century (2001: 39/fig. 26, no. 371). The loop on this mount was probably designed to take a hook from a fitting attached to the sword scabbard.
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