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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: IOW-B68110
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy sword belt fitting of post-medieval date (c.AD1500-1700)
The object is sub-triangular in plan, comprising a flat curvilinear plate with splayed bifid terminals to either end, wider at the top than the bottom. The hook at the bottom terminal has been lost. This object, along with two others would have hung from a mount. Two small perforations are piecerd along the centre of the object, one at the top and one at the bottom. The plate is decorated on the front surface with a moulded foliate design in relief. The reverse of the mount is undecorated. The object has a dark-green patina.
Class: Sword fitting
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 6.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th June 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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