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Description: | A seemingly complete but very worn cast copper alloy object, probably a strap fitting or mount. It is formed from an undecorated rectangular sheet of copper alloy that has a large sub-circular perforation to the right of centre in addition to four smaller circular perforations, one positioned in each corner of the object. It measures 37.01mm in length, 22.82mm in width, 0.72mm in thickness, and weighs 3.19g.
The lack of frame recesses suggest this object is more likely to be a strap fitting or mount rather than a buckle plate. It is possible that the original object may have been larger and folded over to form an upper and lower plate, the fold and lower plate now missing due to old breaks. This is, however, uncertain due to the preservation of the edges of the plate. Similar folded plates are noted from Medieval London (see for example Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 749-756) and suggest a date in the 13th-15th centuries AD for the current example. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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