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WAW-C66DB7: Post Medieval strap fitting: mount (plan and reverse).

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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: WAW-C66DB7

Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper alloy strap fitting; a decorative mount. In plan, the mount is lozenge shaped with moulded edges and is decorated on the upper surface with a large flower. The reverse is undecorated and has an integral incomplete spike which is square in section and tapers to a point. The upper surface of the mount red copper corrosion otherwise the surface has traces of a mid green patina which is slightly abraded. It measures 26.26mm long, 18.37mm wide and 7.42mm thick, weighing 3g. Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. Egan (Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39) comments that when they were used as dress accessories and continued on horse harness straps into the 18th century and illustrates a similarly decorated example, No. 166. The style of decoration is also similar to that on dress hooks of the 17th century (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 5) Nos. 71 to 75. The mount probably dates to the late 16th to 17th century.

Class: Mount

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.26 mm
Width: 18.37 mm
Thickness: 7.42 mm
Weight: 3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th December 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

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Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP2940
Four figure Latitude: 52.057628
Four figure longitude: -1.578452
1:25K map: SP2940
1:10K map: SP24SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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