WAW-A76F71: Post Medieval strap fitting: sword belt hook.

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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: WAW-A76F71

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper-alloy strap fitting: hooked mount. The body of the mount is sub-oval in plan with a double collar at the base and an integral semi-circular sectioned hook which leads from the collar. Suspended from the collar is a flat trefoil with three sub-circular openwork holes, one in each leaf of the trefoil. Protruding from the upper edge ofthe mount body is an inegral knop which has a rivet hole which is filled by the remains of an iron rivet. The mount is domed in profile, and the body on the reverse is hollow. Across the body there is a thin copper alloy plate riveted on it behind the collars. The surface ofthe mount has a mottled mid green patina, and the plate on the reverse has small patches of red copper corrosion. The mount measures 65.28mm long, 22.67mm wide and 12.54mm thick across the loop. The weight is 18g.

The mount may have been to suspend a sword from a baldrick and probably dates to the 17th century

. Examples are illustrated in Read ( Read, B. 1995 History Beneath Our Feet Anglia Publishing, Ipswich; p. 147 no.995).

Class: Sword Belt Mount

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 65.28 mm
Width: 22.67 mm
Thickness: 12.54 mm
Weight: 18 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd February 2010 - Thursday 6th May 2010

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Mentmore (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9120
Four figure Latitude: 51.871161
Four figure longitude: -0.679654
1:25K map: SP9120
1:10K map: SP92SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	1995	History Beneath our Feet (1995)	Ipswich	Anglia Publishing		no.995

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

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