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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper alloy 'S'-shaped snake belt fastener dating from about AD 1550 to 1625.The fastener is decorated on both faces with animal head terminals and with moulded scale-like decoration. At the centre is a central collar and acanthus style decoration. One terminal is missing. The casting seam is not very well trimmed. The object has a coarse surface with a grey patina.Record IOW-84E19D is a very similar object. The record notes that: "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: 33.85mm; width: 18.08mm; thickness: 5.74mm. Weight: 6.11g.
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