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Description: | An incomplete post-medieval copper alloy strap fitting, dating to the 17th century AD. The fitting consists of a mount with a separate attachment, foliate in form, suspended from a loop at the base of the mount.The mount, with a moulded front and flat at the rear, is a sub triangular or urn shape with upward turned cusps at the base under which the loop is attached . A large copper alloy wire rivet is situated just above the loop and projects to the reverse, but is bent, while a shorter rivet projects inwards from near the top of the mount and is also now bent. Part of the centre of the mount at this end is missing, however, broken off at an early date. The mount is 31.93mm in length, including the loop, a maximum of 20mm in width and 2.85mm thick. The whole of the front is gilded. The moulding is perhaps heraldic, with a four-petalled flower with central pellet situated between the cusps at the lower end, just above the loop. In the centre of the mount is an ovate raised panel with an even more pronounced oval centrepiece. Either side of this are features perhaps intended to be wings or licks of flame raised out towards the edges of the mount.Suspended from the mount by a strip of metal bent over and through the loop, is the separate copper alloy attachment, moulded on the front, flat on the rear, also gilded. The attachment is 17.71mm in length, 11.56mm in width, 1.35mm thick. The foliate effect is achieved through the moulding of five petal-like features hanging downwards from a transverse collar. There is a small central sub-spherical knop projectiing from the lower edge.The whole item is 47.50mm in length and weighs 6.79g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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