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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting for a sword belt (1600-1700).This fitting is in the form of a hooked mount. However, the hook is missing due to a break.Prior to being broken, the maximum width would have been at the top where it was tri-lobed. It has a waist below and beyond the waist the sides flare and then taper to the transverse break. Close to the top, a central rivet hole is filled with the remains of a corroded iron rivet. There is also a broken rivet hole across the break at the opposite end.At the front, converging lines represent a vine-leaf motif and the rear face is flat and plain.This fitting is corroded and reddish brown with light green corrosion products.Height: 26.5mm; width: 15.7mm; thickness: 2.3mm. Weight: 2.64g.Similar fittings are illustrated and discussed by Brian Read (2001, 30, fig. 25, refs: 359 and 360), who suggests they are sword-belt attachments and date to the 16th century.Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
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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