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Description: | Part of a cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1700. It consists of part of the hooked scabbard plate and part of the looped belt plate. The hook has a knobbed terminal and descends from a plate decorated with scrolls. Only a fragment of the plate survives. An iron rivet survives through the plate, in a hole which is countersunk on the reverse. The hook piece is 26.2mm long, 14.3mm wide and 10.3mm thick.An oval loop remains in place round the neck of the hook and is part of the other other plate from which this item would have been suspended. The loop is broken where it would have had a neck attaching it to the other plate. The looped piece is 16.6mm long, 9.7mm wide and 2.5mm thick.Both pieces have a grey green patina, stained orange by the rivet. Together, the pieces are 31.2mm long and weigh 4.18g. A more complete example is SWYOR-CF4F02.
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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