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Description: | A complete copper-alloy cast shield shaped harness strap fitting, with an integral rivet. Measuring 20.3mm in length and 15.6mm in width, the front face of this mount is split into two with the upper portion decorated with a checked pattern of indented squares and the lower portion with an empty triangular field. It is likely that the indented squares and triangular field were once filled with enamel although unfortunately no traces remain. The mount may also originally have been gilded. On the back face there is an integral rivet, which measures 17.1mm in length. Ashley (2002, 9) comments on how examples of studs with long shanks may once have been attached to an iron stirrup and stirrup strap. Similar harness strap fittings are illustrated in Ashley (2002, 15; 121-144). They are medieval in date, from circa 1250-1400.
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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