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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy hooked mount of post-medieval date. The mount is sub-hemispherical, with a main convex element. From one end of the object projects an incomplete hook which terminates with an ancient break. The opposite end of the object terminates just below the central element. The object has a mid-green corroded patina and is in poor condition.A similar example which can be found on the database is HAMP-C394F8, https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/141607. A hooked mount of similar construction can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 42; ref. 362). Read (ibid., 30) states that such a mount would have been used to suspend a sword scabbard from a baldric, although it is sometimes classified as a dress fastener. The example illustrated in Read features a pendent fitting which hangs freely in the hook.Dimensions: 33mm in length, 15mm in with, 5.6g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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