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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: IOW-7E54D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped sword-belt hanger (c. 1500-c. 1630).
The majority of one loop is missing due to old breaks.
The surviving loop is sub-oval in plan with a pointed outer edge, is convex at the front and the outer edge is bevelled at the rear. It has a bar, sub-triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. At one end of the bar there is an integral circular suspension loop turned through 90°.
Height: 37.6mm; width: 28.6mm; thickness: 2.2mm; thickness including loop: 10.9mm. Weight: 4.87g.
Similar published examples have been dated c. 1500-c. 1630 and were probably used as sword-belt hangers (Whitehead 2003: 72, refs: 450 and 451).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
Class: Sword belt hanger
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1630
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 37.6 mm
Width: 28.6 mm
Thickness: 10.9 mm
Weight: 4.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 31st December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-4-4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 72 | 450 and 451 |
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