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Description: | Post Medieval (mid 16th to 18th centuries) strap mount: The copper alloy strap mount is a lozenge in plan with one corner being extended, the opposite corner is broken. In the centre there is a circular perforation. The edges are slightly scalloped. The reverse is undecorated and has two integral, oval sectioned studs which are bent outwards. The surface of the mount has an incomplete mid grey coloured surface with patches of red copper corrosion. It measures 21.44mm long, 21.11mm wide and 6.08mm thick, weighing 2.37g.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.Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS 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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