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Description: | Post Medieval (17th centuries) strap mount: The copper alloy strap mount is a sub rectangle with rounded corners and concave side edges. The upper surface is decorated with stamped crescents. The reverse is undecorated and has two incomplete integral studs which are oval in section and taper to a point. Both studs are bent over at the tip. The surface of the mount has traces of red copper corrosion and dark green patina. It measures 19.06mm long, 9.84mm wide and 5.25mm thick, weighing 1.02g.Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. Egan (2005; p. 39) comments that when they were used as dress accessories and continued on horse harness straps into the 18th century. The style of decoration is similar to that on dress hooks of the 17th century (Margeson, 1993: Nos. 71 to 75).Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 5
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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