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Description: | A complete copper alloy strap end of Medieval date. The strap end is made from two thin copper alloy sheets held together at top and bottom by single rivets. The upper plate is triangular in shape tapering towards a flattened and decorative terminal. At the center of the open end is a small circular rivet with flattened head, there is also extensive compacted earth and possible surviving textile remains between the two plates. Just above the terminal end pairs of semicircles are cut into the sides of both upper and lower plates. Beneath this is the small sub-rectangular terminal composed of a small rectangular copper alloy plate with wedge shaped incisions at its tip and at either side. This is attached to the upper plate by means of the rivet that holds together the upper and lower plates. The rivet is circular in section and with smooth flattened terminal ends. The lower plate is the same length as the upper plate but is rectangular in shape and deliberately bent at the open end to accomodate the strap. Any decoration that may have existed on the upper plate of the strap end is now obscured due to encrustation. The entire object measures 39.87mm in length, 8.17mm in width, and weighs 1.91g.
This example is similar in shape to Medieval parallels from London, in particular a larger 15th century example with similarly formed terminal end (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 606). A near identical example in terms of size, shape and form is noted in Medieval Norwich dating to c.1400-1600 AD (Margeson, 1993: no. 233). This example is of a similar period dating to between the 14th and 16th centuries AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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