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Description: | A copper-alloy fragment from a sword belt decorative plate of Post-Medieval date. Only the base of the plate survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It is a flattened D-shape in section with a flat back face. The front face of the plate is decorated with scrolled foliage decoration. The back face is undecorated. At the base of the plate is a central circular rivet hole, still containing the remains of a corroded separate iron rivet.This decorative plate measures 11.20mm in length, 12.60mm in width, 1.78mm in thickness, 0.97g in weight.There are similar examples in Read (Read, 2008, pp. 220, no. 793, 794, 795). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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