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Description: | Copper-alloy strap-end of crescentic type. The terminal is lozenge-shaped, and decorated in low relief with grooved detail to resemble a bush or tree. The attachment end is crescent-shaped, with the pointed ends curving round to almost meet around an oval aperture; they may possibly have originally been in one piece, and now be broken. The crescent has grooved decoration representing the roots of the tree or bush, interrupted by two copper-alloy and two iron rivets. The original sheet backplate is now missing. 15th century.
The decoration could be considered to be of religious significance. The crescent moon motif is representative of the glory of the Virgin Mother (Mary) as borrowed from her son, Jesus and the terminal could represent the tree of life. | Subjects: | crescentic | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burr, Geoff - West Kent Metal Detector Club | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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