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Post Medieval S-shaped Strap or Belt Fastener
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Stephanie Smith, 2013-02-11 00:31:36
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Post Medieval S-shaped Strap or Belt Fastener
Description
English: A Post Medieval cast copper-alloy 'S'-shaped strap or belt fastener, c. 1575-c. 1800 AD. The fastener has molded decoration on both surfaces consisting of swan or serpent heads, followed by a central foliate and rosette design. The metal has a mottled reddish-brown and green colour. One head curves more narrowly to the centre, whereas the other is extended more widely away from the centre.

S-shaped 'snake belt' fasteners were probably associated with sword belts in the 17th and 18th centuries and parallels can be seen in Bailey's (1997) Detector Finds 3: 21-22. The examples with swan heads are widely considered to be late 16th to 17th century (Geake 2001: 35). Fasteners with snake heads continue in use on military and boys belts well into the 20th century. For a similar example recorded on the PAS database, cf.: IOW-045A48.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date between 1575 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1575-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 542925
Old ref: SUSS-FBD066
Filename: SUSS-FBD066.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/415405
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/415405/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/542925
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Object location50° 48′ 30.24″ N, 0° 01′ 43.32″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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