Record ID: IOW-6BD215
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked strap fitting of probable post-Medieval date (1500-1700). When complete the fitting would have been sub-triangular in plan. It is sub-rectangular in cross-section, but the hook part is sub-oval in cross section. At the incomplete end it would have had openwork in the shape of a heart or trefoil. Below this part there are two knops extending outwards horizontally. These are divided by a central rivet hole that contains the remains of a corroded iron rivet. The body of the fitting is relatively flat and the hook is an integral part of the object…
Created on: Saturday 15th August 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.