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Description: | Incomplete medieval crescentic strap-end made of copper alloy and now rather corroded. It differs in its decoration from most crescentic strap-ends, which have a tree with roots motif. The crescentic attachment end has a rivet hole in each pointed terminal, one of which has broken off; they both have iron corrosion around them. There are two further rivets (perhaps copper-alloy) further up in the wider part of the crescent; between these are some engraved black-letter initials which I cannot decipher. The engraving is filled with green copper corrosion, which stands out against a grey background which is probably the result of white-metal coating. On the reverse of the crescent is solder from a missing sheet backplate. From the centre of the crescent, a rather coarse openwork terminal projects but is broken off. From what remains, it does not appear to be the usual triangular shape but instead has two rectilinear corners. Surviving length 38 mm, width 33 mm. 15th century.
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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STRAP END
Late medieval copper alloy strap-end…
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