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Description: | Medieval copper alloy peculiar two-piece strap-end with sheet spacer occupying half the length, with a 'tweezer' open end instead of the more usual rivet. It measures a lengthy 87.5mm in length and weighs 13.5g.
The closed end has a trefoil knop with extra projections below, one on either side and then again merging into the corners of the body of the strap-end. This creates three projections either side, and each is cut with a tiny horizontal line. An in situ rivet is just below the lozenge-shaped top-projection.
The body of the strap-end is decorated on both sides with incised rocker-arm, flanking the two long edges and as a zig-zag line down the middle. However this decoration ends somewhat abruptly (again on both sides) where the sheet spacer ends.
Below the bottom projection, the body is 8.7mm wide. This widens to 9.9mm wide where the sheet spacer ends (34mm of the body) and 11.6mm at the tweezer end (body length 72.7mm).
Towards the tweezer end both faces of the strap end billow outwards suddenly before turning back again to meet each other's 'end'. Both these ends have been bevelled/ cut an angle along a straight line to join along an un-seemed line.
It is unsure what the purpose of this object is - perhaps the ends would have gripped the strap if it were a strap-end, but it does not explain why both faces 'billow' outwards (it is unlikely this is 'damage'). It could also be a page-turner, however there is no easy means of opening and shutting it, as is the case with other medieval page-turners. Another thought is that it could be a page marker, where it might be left in place for a while.
Style and decoration date this to the 12th-14th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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