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Description: | An incomplete strap end with a cast front plate and a sheet back plate. The cast front plate is measures 51.7mm in total lenght and 25.9mm in width. It has a hollow rectangular part with sides which is decorated on its front face with an incised four petalled flower. The terminal then projects from the rectangular part, it is lozenge shaped and has groove radiating out from a central point on its front face which again represents a flower of some kind. The front face has traces of a white metal coating visible on it. A fragment of a white metal coated back sheet is attached via two copper-alloy rivets to the hollow front cast plate. There are two other parallel empty rivet holes opposite the surviving ones. This strap end is most likely to be c15th century in date.
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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