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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: CORN-AF8082
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy sword belt bar and hook with openwork foliate decoration and evidence of lacquering on all faces of both parts. The bar has a curvilinear snake-like design within a square border on each side plate, and between these a central motif which looks like a face, but is too corroded to make out. The hook plate also has an obscure motif on a roundel at its base. This plate still holds the ends of the two rivets which would have attached to the leather strap, or baldric. The bar has two rivet holes which would have been used to attach it to the belt. The style of the piece looks 17th century in date. Bailey (1993) illustrates similar examples of belt bars and plates on page 47, Nos.5 & 8. Read (2001) illustrates similar styles on mounts on pages 36 & 42, Figs.21 & 25, Nos.319 & 357-58, which are dated to the 17th century. The measurements below are for the composite piece.
Class: sword belt 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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 60 mm
Width: 49 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 10.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2009 - Thursday 30th April 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4626
Four figure Latitude: 50.079713
Four figure longitude: -5.551678
1:25K map: SW4626
1:10K map: SW46NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 47, | Nos.5 & 8 | |
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 36 & 42, Figs.21 & 25, | Nos.319 & 357-58 |
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