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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap end spacer. The frame has an oval flat loop with a straightened broken exterior edge. Originally two integral arms would have protruded from this edge. Opposite this edge, on the exterior, there is an integral elongated lozenge-shaped knop with a collar below. The frame is rectangular in section and the knop is oval in section. The surface of the loop is abraded and the knop is has a mid green/grey patina. It measures 30.26mm long, 21.1mm wide and 3.46mm thick. It weighs 4.5g. Egan and Pritchard (2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate a similar shaped spacer, No. 651 which dates to the second half of the 14th century.
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