STRAP FITTING 199917

Description: A small decorative post-medieval cast copper-alloy mount with a pair of spikes on the reverse, bent in the same direction. The mount has a broadly triangular body, truncated by a trefoil terminal uppermost and a lozengiform terminal at its base. The base of the 'triangle' is stepped as with an example illustrated in Read (2001, 35; ref. 292). The upper surface of the mount is shallowly bevelled with a rough central ridge. On the flat lower surface one of the attachment spikes has been broken. The object has corroded, but much of its white metal coating still shows through.

Date: 1600 - 1700

Object type: STRAP FITTING

Last import: August 15, 2017