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Description: | A copper alloy medieval strap end made from two pieces of sheet. The strap end is 56.5mm long, 20.1mm wide and 5.9mm thick. It is tongue shaped. There is evidence for the two pieces of sheet metal being soldered together at the rounded narrower end, and there are two dome-headed rivets, one in each corner, at the attachment end. The front plate is almost complete, but is in two pieces. It is decorated with a complex incised design which is not intelligible. There are curving lines that may form an animal and areas that are shaped with cross hatching or seeded with short incised dashes. The reverse is not decorated. The strap end has a mid to deep green patina and is in good condition for the thinness of the sheet. The strap end probably dates from the thirteenth or fourteenth century. Similar examples can be seen in "Dress Accessories" by Egan and Pritchard.
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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