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Description: | Copper alloy decorative strap-fitting of ovate form with square looped end and three small loops or lugs, and with punched foliate ornament on the upper surface of the plate. The rectangular looped end is 13mm wide accommodating a rectangular hole, slightly irregular but at maximum measurement 13mm by 4mm in dimension. The overall length is 39mm, and the maximum width 31mm across the centre of the fitting including the two side lugs. There are three small lugs, one at the tip and one at each side, with holes of 2.5mm gauge. The object is plain on the back and is 1.5mm thick. The ornament is created by a series of punched circles around the outside,framing a symmetrical bush-scroll with leaves shown by punched circles, and with a central stem surmounted by further punched circles forming a fruit cluster, surrounded by punched areas suggesting hatching impressed by an object with a diagonally-gridded surface. This fitting is probably of the 16th 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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