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Description: | A Medieval - Post Medieval copper alloy strap end (late 15th - early 16th century). The strap end is constructed from a single piece of copper alloy sheet folded over and riveted to the leather strap with two rivets in the corners of the open end. Only one rivet is still present but part of the leather strap is preserved within the strap end. A separate hook projects through a hole in the folded over edge. The front surface is decorated with a number of pressed motifs. Three edges are decorated with a twisted rope motif and the final edge - the open end - is decorated with two triangular cutaways. In the centre is a crescent with a smaller crescent within comprised of pellets from the middle of the curved another section of twisted rope projects with a circular perforation on either side There are four further pellets, two in the lower corners, mirroring the rivets and two in between the triangular cutaways, above the circular perforations. Dimensions: length: 34.01mm; width: 30.13mm; thickness: 5.45mm; weight: 5.11g.
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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