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Description: | Medieval to Post Medieval (late 12th to 17th centuries) strap fitting, mount, in the shape of a quatrefoil with a drop shaped perforation on each leaf. The mount is convex on the outer face. On the reverse there are traces of two incomplete spikes which are circular in section. The surface of the fitting is heavily abraded. The strap fitting measures 29.89mm long, 22.79mm wide and 6.08mm thick. It weighs 2.35g.Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. Egan (2005, 39) comments that when they were used as dress accessories and continued on horse harness straps into the 18th century.Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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