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Description: | Cast copper sword belt hook, circular in plan and semi-circular in profile, with a convex upper surface and a concave underside, and a circular knop at one terminal and a hook at the other. Between the hook and the body of the fitting, there are two transverse ridges on the front and a copper alloy rivet intact on the back. Between the body of the fitting and the circular knop, there is more of a defined groove before a singular ridge, but there is iron corrosion product covering potentially another ridge, which suggests that the intact rivet in the centre of the knop is made of iron.Similar 17th-century sword belt hooks have been recorded on to the database in records HAMP-892535, IOW-C00B25, NMS-5C07C3, SWYOR-F63FD4 and LVPL-D4C8C5.Read (2001) illustrates a similar example on page 42, fig.25, no.362, which is dated from the 17th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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