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Description: | A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked mount for a sword belt (dating from about AD 1600 - 1700. Most of the trefoil-shaped attachment link also survives.The main body of the fitting is a sub-circular, convex at the front and concave at the rear. At one end there is a horizontal rib beyond which there is a small sub-triangular knop. This is pierced for the missing rivet. At the opposite end there is a double horizontal rib beyond which there is a hook curving rearwards. At the rear of the double rib there is an integral copper-alloy rivet securing a sheet copper-alloy back-plate. The hook is sub-oval in cross-section. Attached to the hook is a separate trefoil-shaped copper-alloy attachment link, flat on both faces, with the hook passing through one of the holes. Another of the three holes is broken. Both the complete holes are worn. The sheet plate is broken across the empty rivet hole. The sword belt fitting has a mid-green patina.The total length of the fitting is 48mm (60mm including the trefoil loop) x 20mm wide x 10mm thick.This fitting very closely resembles IOW-58AB05 and IOW-9A6678 which cites Read (2001) Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, page 30, fig. 25. ref: 362 which is dated to the 17th century.
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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