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Description: | A cast copper-alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date. It has a triangular plate with trilobate terminal at one end and two smaller projecting lobes at the other from which extend an integrally cast hook. The hook is U-shaped in form, circular in section and curves forwards, terminating in old breaks just before its terminal. On the front face of the plate and lobes is moulded foliate decoration, with two central rivet holes visible positioned at each end of the plate. The back face is flat and undecorated. It measures 50.10mm in length, 20.89mm in width, 2.41mm in thickness, and weighs 7.78g.This is one piece from a larger sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date identical to a published example from Somerset (Read, 2008: no. 793). It is of probable 16th to 17th century AD date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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