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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SUSS-3D80C4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy toggle-clasp component from a sword belt, dating to the post-medieval period, c. 1500-1700. The object is plano-convex in section and sub-triangular in plan view with a circular knop at the apex of the object, underneath which are two collars which abruptly flare inwards to create the neck of the toggle. Below this, openwork decoration is visible in the form of a central circular aperture flanked by three small decorative 'wings' on each side. A second aperture is visible below the first, though this is much smaller and originally would have served the function of a rivet hole, though none of this has survived. Filing marks from the original manufacturing and finishing process are visible over the upper surface of the object. It measures 30.44mm long, 14.99mm wide at its widest point, 12.62mm wide at its midpoint and is 1.77mm thick at its midpoint. It weighs 2. 83 grammes. C.f. with Read 2008, nos. 754 and 757, p. 209, for comparable examples.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.44 mm
Width: 14.99 mm
Thickness: 1.77 mm
Weight: 2.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Near Chichester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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