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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy strap fitting of post-medieval date. The fitting is a sword belt mount which is curvilinear in plan. The attachment end of the mount is a wide trefoil, the central lobe of which is pierced and broken. The opposite end terminates in a worn bulbous knop from which an integral hook would have extended though this has now been lost to an old and very worn break. The upper surface is decorated with an elaborate foliate design arranged around a central ovate panel with leaf devise within a beaded border. The reverse of the fitting is flat and undecorated.The metal has a mid green patina and is worn. The fitting is 31.1mm long, 18.7mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 3.8g.A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.221, no.795 and numerous parallels can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database for examples see: YORYM-8C8C38, SUR-9B0E30, SWYOR-5A60A8, YORYM-2A7B95 and YORYM-378D86.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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