Record ID: WILT-FDF4AB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval copper alloy mount from a sword belt, dating to the period AD 1500-1600. The mount has an integral forward facing hook and a separate loop. The loop is fixed securely but can move freely on the hook. The main plate of the mount is foliate in design and also possesses two rivet holes, one at the bottom and one at the top. The latter has its rivet missing. The length is 53.22mm, the maximum width is 21.63mm, the thickness (without the integral loop). Is 11.17mm and the weight is 11.75g. Please see Read (2001) "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. A Catalogue o…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2017
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Record ID: WILT-4E549A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy, strap fitting, dating to the period AD 1600 to AD 1700. One of the objects end has a circular knop located at its tip. Attached to this is a rounded triangular shape. The edges from this shape narrow slightly and form a rectangular shape. Each shape is a different section to the fitting. From the rectangular section, follows open work of a lozenge shape with a small central circular perforation. The design follows back to the rectangular shape and finishes with the rounded triangle, but without the circular knop on its tip. The posterior of this fittin…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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