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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper alloy 'S'-shaped 'snake belt' fastener (c. 1550 -c.1625).The fastener is decorated on both faces with animal head terminals and with moulded scale-like decoration. At the centre there are two transverse grooves within which there is a pellet.The object has a coarse surface with a green patina.S-shaped 'snake belt' fasteners were probably associated with sword belts in the 17th and 18th centuries and parallels can be seen in Read's (2008) Hooked-clasps & Eyes: p. 230. However, this example is similar to no. 822 which is dated, perhaps, to c. mid-16th-c. early 17th century. The examples with swan heads are widely considered to be late 16th to 17th century (Geake 2001: 35). Fasteners with snake heads continue in use on military and boys belts well into the 20th century.Length: 31.2mm; width: 16.7mm; thickness: 4.9mm. Weight: 6.81g.Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-hooked clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Rings or Toggles. Portcullis Publishing: Langport, Somerset.Geake, H. 2001. Finds Recording Guide. Unpublished.
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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