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Unique ID: DENO-D0EF75
Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt fittings of post Medieval date. The surviving part of the fittings is approximately one third of what would have made up the entire piece and consists of one end of the main belt attachment plate with single rivet hole and one integrally cast suspension loop with a separately cast but attached hook. The attachment plate and plate of the hook are foliate in design and decoration.
'These sword belt fittings tend to consist of a mount with three suspension loops from which hang a trio of hooked plates; the scabbard straps would have been attached to these plates. The ensemble features foliate decoration on their visible faces: an illustration of a complete sword-belt fitting can be found in Read (2001, 43; ref. 373). Their design and decoration are relatively standardised. Such fittings proliferate in the 16th and 17th centuries' (Geake 2001, 35).
This item has therefore been dated c.1500-1700.
Class: sword belt fitting
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 9.2 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd January 2011
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Other reference: Derby E7372
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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