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Description: | CURATOR'S REPORTAnglo Saxon silver stap-end.Description of findAn Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end with four rivet holes, one of them still containing a flat-headed silver rivet. The front of the strap-end is incised with geometric ornament and curvilinear scrollwork resembling floral fronds along the edges. No traces of inlay remain, but there may originally have been niello. The back of the object shows green corrosion traces and is very scratched around the upper rivet hole on the strap-end's body. The appearance of the scratches suggests that this is recent damage. Impressions around both this and the rivet hole on towards the tip of the object seem to suggest that there was a large washer around each of the openings at one point. The tip of the strap end is worn thin and damaged, as is the top of the strap-end above the left rivet.DiscussionThis strap-end belongs to Thomas's Class A, Type 2 (Thomas 2003), as it has a split end, convex sides and geometric patterning. The two rivet holes on the strap-end's body are unusual, perhaps a sign that it was reused at some point.
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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