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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy sword belt fitting dating to the Post Medieval period, c. 1600-1700. The fitting is plano-convex in section, with a convex front and a concave dished back. The main body of the fitting is comprised of a sub-oval central block, above which is a collar and an incomplete attachment hook, of which c. 50% remains. The bottom of the fitting below the central sub-oval component comprises of another collar and then a small sub-circular knop, within which is a circular rivet hole encrusted with iron corrosion products. At the very end of the knop (interpreted by some as a degraded trefoil), a second smaller knop is present which serves to give the bottom component of the fitting a pointed appearance. On the back of the fitting, an integral rivet is visible which is located towards the top of the central sub-oval part close to where it joins with the hook component. The fitting is 40.05mm long, 12.04mm wide at its widest point and 5.53mm thick at its thickest point. It weighs 7.05 grammes and demonstrates a consistent green patina over all its surfaces. This piece is paralleled closely in Read's publication (Read 2008, p. 227 no. 815) although the example recorded here lacks the openwork trefoil rivet component Read illustrates and instead posesses only a single rivet hole. A comparable example on the PAS database can be found in DUR-521F38.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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