|
Date: |
|
Description: | An almost complete late early-medieval strap-end of 10th/11th-century date. The object is of unusual form and cast in copper alloy. It is a variant of Gabor Thomas' (2004, 2-3) Class E, tongue-shaped, strap-ends. The object consists of a sub-oval, convex body from one end of which protrudes and expanding, trapezoidal attachment plate. The attachment end features three perforations at its terminal. There central hole retains remains of a copper-alloy rivet. The flanking holes have been broken through in the past. The part of the attachment plate in which they are situated is recessed (Th.: c. 2.3mm) to take the strap. Closer to the body the attachment plate is c. 4.0mm thick. This element is decorated on its upper surface with chip-carved lines and triangles. At its junction with the main body the plate is 12.85mm wide. It would have expanded to a width of c. 16mm when the attachment end was complete. The main, convex body of the strap-end is decorated in the Winchester style, taking the form of an ornately moulded en-face animal mask emitting acanthus sprays. The decoration is openwork and the mask can be seen upside-down when the attachment end is at the top. At the junction with the attachment end is a heart-shaped moulding with an oval removal in each lobe. Below this a two lunate recesses which terminate in two small lateral curved protrusions. Below are two pointed oval lines in relief with a large circular perforation within each. Below each the edge of the strap-end arcs round in a curve, each end of which meets a rounded, longer protrusion. This latter continues the raised line mentioned above on its upper surface and is recessed within. The metal is now a red-brown colour with areas of overlying white-green corrosion, particularly on the concave lower surface.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
Strap end
An almost complete late early-medieval…
-
STRAP END
A copper-alloy strap-end of early-medieval…
-
STRAP END
A copper-alloy strap-end of Early-Medieval…
-
-
STRAP END
Late Anglo-Saxon strap-end, of Thomas's…
-
STRAP END
Late Anglo-Saxon strap-end, of Thomas?s…
-
STRAP END
An early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end,…
-
-
STRAP END
A copper-alloy strap-end, dating from…
-
|