Record ID: BERK-86B523
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy strap fitting for a sword belt, dating to the Post-Medieval period. The fragment consists of the lower part of a shield-shaped plate with concaved sides and a rounded base with the stub of a hook projecting from the centre. The front face of the plate is decorated with a symmetrical foliage design in moulded relief. The design vaguely resembles leaves of the vine. The reverse is plain and undecorated. This type of fitting would have been attached to a scabbard strap. Read (2008: 219, no. 790) illustrates a similar mount which he dates to the 16th or 1…
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: BERK-100B05
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy seal, possibly a type of bale or parcel seal. The seal is sub-circular in plan but now distorted and is crudely manufactured. The reverse of the seal has a wedge-shaped projection running longitudinally across the back; this may have been used as a grip for the fingers or as a type of tang for a handle. The design on the front face is partially worn but depicts a double-arched crown above the letters V R, beneath which are the numbers 4 84; the design beneath this is unclear. The seal refers to Victoria Regina and the numbers may represent the date April 1884; this t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2011
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