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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: HAMP-0A738F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval (1500-1700) gilded copper alloy belt mount / strap fitting of openwork triangular form (sometimes interpreted as a 'bird in flight'), with a moulded acorn finial D-shaped in cross-section and flat to the underside) at the apex and a flat triangular knop at the centre of the short opposite edge. A flat semi-circular knop extends to either side just before the apex. The internal cut-out triangular area measures max.10.1mm wide and 11.8mm long. The edge around it has a very worn moulded decoration of raised ovals.
To the reverse are two integral spikes, bent outwards. The metal is a purplish-red in colour with traces of gilding to the front only.
The object measures 46.7mm in length, 18.1mm in max.width, 1.8mm in max.thickness, 7.3mm in max.depth (from the front to the bent spikes) and weighs 3.93g.
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: 46.7 mm
Height: 7.3 mm
Width: 18.1 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 3.93 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 678
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
To be known as: East Meon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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