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Description: | Post Medieval (16th to 17th centuries) strap fitting (mount): The fitting is consists of a flat plate that is in the form of a scallop shell with trefoil terminal at one end. On the front face are grooves that radiate from the terminal to the outer edge of the shell to give it its scallop-shaped form. The back face is slightly concave and has two integrally cast lugs that are cylindrical in form and taper to rounded points that are now folded towards the back face of the mount. There is evidence of possible gilding on the radiating grooves of the scallop shell. The surface has an incomplete dark green patina with patches of a red copper corrosion. It measures 21.13mm long, 19.56mm wide and 5.89mm thick, weighing 4.48g.Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. Egan (2005) comments that when they were used as dress accessories and continued on horse harness straps into the 18th century. The mount probably dates to the 16th or 17th centuries. Near identical mounts are noted on the PAS database (for example CORN-88BC72, SOM-8E0212, SF-74FC71 or SF-4B2BF3).Egan, G., 2005. Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition London: Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph 19
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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