File:Post-medieval to modern S-shaped snake form strap fitting or fastener (FindID 446688).jpg

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Post-medieval to modern S-shaped snake form strap fitting or fastener
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Tom Brindle, 2011-06-08 12:01:08
Title
Post-medieval to modern S-shaped snake form strap fitting or fastener
Description
English: A copper-alloy S-shaped, snake-form strap fitting or fastener of post-Medieval to modern date.

The artefact is 'S-shaped'. The terminals take the form of the neck and head of a dragon-like animal with clear ears, eyes, an upturned snout and open jaw. The neck is thin, of pointed-oval section and forms a broad curve. At the centre of the object, dividing the two animals, is a tripple knopped moulding. What appear to be scales are shown as a moulding to either side of the central knops. The object is fairly worn and has a predominantly dark green patina, with areas of dark brown.

The earliest snake-form fasteners appear on portraits of the early post-Medieval period, often in association with sword-belts. After falling out of fashion in the 17th century, they regained popularity at the end of the 18th century, when they began to be used on certain military uniforms (Bailey 1997: 20). The form of this particular piece suggest that it may be one of the later examples. Compare LIN-92D733, SWYOR-EC2FB8 and WILT-468492 which are very similar.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Derbyshire
Date between 1500 and 1850
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 446688
Old ref: WMID-F55797
Filename: WMID-F55797.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/331422
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/331422
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/446688
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Object location52° 42′ 51.48″ N, 1° 38′ 12.59″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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