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Description: | Medieval copper alloy swivel strap distributor, possibly from a dog's lead. Two part, each comprising a sub-circular (almost triangular) loop (most of one is broken off), and a hemisphere, one with an integral rivet inserted into the socket of the other. Where the dark green-brown original surface survives it is decorated with bands, and triangular sections, of oblique incised lines. There is a hole in one of the hemispheres (damage). The swivel no longer moves. Length (incomplete) 40.8mm, width across loop 16.61mm, width across central bit 13.7mm, thickness across loop 4.45mm, thickness across central bit 13.23mm, weight 14.54g.Bailey (2002) in Detector Finds 5 dates these objects to the 12th 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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