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Description: | Unidentified object made from copper alloy, in form very similar to the 'lyre-shaped' buckles used in the 15th century. It is openwork and roughly oval in outline. One end has a basically rectangular perforation and the other end has two oval perforations; these combine to form the 'lyre' shape. One of the short edges of the rectangular perforation (nearest the ovals) is incurved and has rounded corners. Beyond the two oval perforations is a terminal, now probably incomplete, formed from two back-to-back scrolls with a triangular perforation in between. There are two other areas of scrolly relief decoration, which fill the concave areas to either side of the rectangular perforation; identical relief panels are found on the concave sides of 'lyre-shaped' buckles. A transverse groove separates the rectangular perforation from the rounded end of the object. The whole object is rather worn and corroded, and it is hard to tell which areas are complete and which broken. At 33 x 24 mm it is very much smaller than most 'lyre-shaped' buckles, but it is clearly related; it may also be a strap fitting of some kind. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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