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Description: | An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy sword belt fitting, dating AD 1500-1700. The object consists of a foliate mount with three suspension loops from which hooked plates would have hung. Scabbard straps would have been attached to the hooked plates. One of the hooked plates is intact, with the hook of another all that remains. The final hooked plate is no longer present. The mount has a perforation in the centre and either end, for attachment. Iron corrosion fills the holes, suggesting iron rivets were used to attache the mount to the strap.There are trilobate terminals at either end of the plate, with an undulating design for the central panel. There is an engraved foliate desing covering the outer side only. The desing is mirrored in the remaining hooked plate. The object has a dark-mid green patina and is slightly worn around the edges.Several similar objects have been recorded on the PAS database, cf. HAMP-71B027, but few are as complete as this example. These objects would have commonly been found in the 16th and 17th centuries.Dimensions: length: 66.82 mm; width (including hooked plate): 62.20 mm; thickness: 2.71 mm; weight: 23.44g.
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