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Description: | A cast copper alloy two piece strap end with cast front plate and sheet back plate. The strap-end is 13.20mm wide at the attachment edge and tapers to an anthropomorphic terminal. The terminal depicts the bust of a male wearing a crown, with well defined moulded and incised facial features and curled hairstyle similar to that seen on Edwardian (1272 - 1377 AD) coinage portraits. The remaining part of the strap-end is undecorated.
There is a surviving copper alloy rivet at the attachment end. The sheets would have also been held together with solder, although none survives.
There is some pitting to the surface of the metal, which is dark greyish green in colour.
This strap-end dates to the 14th century. A similar example is illustrated in Pritchard and Egan, page 133, figure 86. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Clifford, Trista - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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