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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy forked spacer for a composite strap end of Medieval date (c. AD 1270 - c. AD 1450). Length 33mm, width 19mm and 5mm thick. Weight 3.73g.Each tine is flat on both faces and together they form a U-shape in plan. The terminal is in the form of a pronounced knop resembling an acorn with a distinctive collar dividing the acorn and the tines. The cup part of the acorn (the capula) does not seem to have been decorated with cross-hatched grooves. However, due to corrosion, this is not certain.The piece is in poor condition. It is corroded and has green copper alloy corrosion products overlain by a crusty dark grey substance which is possibly a decayed patina.Composite strap-ends with acorn knops have been recovered from archaeological contexts in London and dated from the late thirteenth century to the mid fifteenth century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 143-4, fig. 94, refs. 672, 673 and 675).Similar composite strap-ends with acorn knops have also been found in archaeological excavations at York (Ottaway and Rogers 2002, 2900-2902, fig. 1476, refs. 14371, 14372, 14711 and 14712).
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