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Description: | Rectangular copper-alloy strap-end made from a piece of strip folded in half. The upper sheet has a slightly incurved attachment end and is decorated with an engraved rectangular panel. Inside this is a reserved stylised symmetrical plant motif on either side of a narrow longitudinal central band. Each half of the plant motif consists of five curving stems each ending in a rounded lobe. There are two rivet holes, one blocked with copper-alloy corrosion, nearly halfway down the strap-end. The underplate is broken at these rivet holes. Gabor Thomas comments that the ornament is derived from the Carolingian acanthus and that the strap-end may be an early example of Winchester style, dating to the very end of the 9th or the first half of the 10th century, but that it is an unusual piece.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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