STRAP FITTING 384371

Description: A post-medieval copper-alloy hooked mount. The central portion of the mount is sub-oval in plan and domed, with a hollow underside. It tapers towards the hook and is faceted with a flattened top and bevelled sides.  Extending upwards from the top is rounded lobe which has a central rivet hole (with an iron rivet still in situ), a transverse ridge at its base and a long, rounded projection at the top. At the base of the mount is a transverse groove above a backward-facing hook. There is a further, this time copper-alloy and integral, rivet and a rove just above the groove which would have retained a sheet backing. A similar mount is illustrated by Read (2008, 227, ref. 813), who believes it to be 17th century in date and suggests that such objects were designed to suspend sword scabbards from belts. This artefact is an orange-brown colour following cleaning.

Date: 1600 - 1700

Object type: STRAP FITTING

Last import: August 15, 2017