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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 narrower head is also bent sideways, away from the centre of the fitting. 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 four leaves. Each of the leaves are decorated with one linear groove.A similar item from a 16th century sword belt can be seen in Read (2008), p.230, no.825.The fitting is 31.93mm long, 15.41mm wide and 5.87mm thick. It weighs 7.24g.
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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