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Description: | Copper alloy Strap Fitting. A pair of D shaped loops, each sharply narrowed towards the position of its projecting basal shank, and each with its shank entering opposed sides of a hollow object of flattened spherical form where it is secured but free to rotate. The central or linking element bears a series of ten vertically aligned lentoid hollows with a drilled hole of diameter c.3-4mm set centrally in each. Decoration of the paired loops comprises mouldings to the lower parts of the loops, with grooves continuing the line of the upper loops. The central squashed sphere bears paired incised radial lines originating from its upper and lower surfaces and carried across the surfaces upstanding between its oval hollows. The object may have served as part of a sword hanging suite, or possibly a bridle bit, for a usage where the central linking element would be held clear of any obstruction and both the loops permitted to rotate. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.Length: 56mm, Diameter (central sphere): 26.5mm, Thickness (loops - of slightly different thickness): 5.8-6.7mm, Weight: 41.95gms.
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