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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy strap end (14th century). This is a three piece strap end with forked spacer and thin sheets of silver in between the upper and lower plates and the spacer. The front plate appears to have been covered with white metal, either tin or silver. The back plate is a lead tin alloy. There are two copper alloy rivets still present aligned along the edge of the open end for attachment to the strap, although Geoff suggests they may be replacements. The front surface is decorated with engraved decoration in-laid with niello. The decoration is partially obscured by concretions but it appears to depict three figures, one at the top is wearing a crown, one further down may be a bird and there is one at the bottom. The decoration is partly obscured but it possibly depicts a religious scene. The reverse plate has an area of parallel scratches which are probably mouse of rat bites, they have a tendency to chew shiney objects.Geoff Egan notes that the style of decoration is very similar to knives produced in Holland. He suggests there may have been a workshop in this country, possibly Buckinghamshire, producing similar items.Dimensions: length: 58.23mm; width: 8.31mm; thickness: 3.75mm; weight: 7.16g.Identification by Geoff Egan, PAS Finds Advisor Medieval and Post Medieval Artefacts
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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