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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy crescentic-shaped composite strap-end of medieval date (c. 1400 - c. 1450 AD; Geake 2001, 32). The object comprises a sub-circular frame forming a cresentic shape with an elaborate sub-triangular outside edge in the form of a terminal. The artefact has a flat reverse face. The circular part of the frame is pierced with an off-centre oval opening. The moulded terminal is openwork and features twelve perforations arranged symmetrically around a central rib. It may represent a tree or a bush.Rivets secure a thin copper-alloy back-plate, oval in plan; two at the upper edge of the frame survive while two beyond the oval opening have been lost. The upper surface of the frame is decorated with incisions in the form of a foliate design possibly representing a vine leaf. The field outside the design is marked out with rocker work incisions. The front face is partially corroded and a patchy dark green patina has survived. Some silvering survives on this surface. The rear face is in similar condition although slightly less of the patina has survived. The piece is in fair condition, although the terminal has been bent back from the frame and also abraded around its edge.
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