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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy object, probably a medieval forked spacer from a composite strap end. In plan, the object is broadly U shaped with a sub-oval knop on the rounded outer edge. The two straight arms of the projection converge slightly towards the terminals, both of which have uneven ends which appear to have been broken. The inner edge of the U shaped projection is bevelled opposite the knop, and angled at around 45 degrees on the arms. The outer edges of the arms are also angled at about 45 degrees. The object is broadly flat in profile.The object has a green patina, with some brown areas also visible. The surface is heavily pitted/incomplete in areas, where the surface has a lighter green and more matt appearance. The breaks do not appear recent. The object has a mass of 17.5g. It measures 38.4mm from the knop to the broken ends of the arms, and 26.0mm across the arms. It is 5.5mmm thick. These are maximum dimensions.The object is very similar to the item SOMDOR-9714B6 recorded on the PAS database as a fragment of a medieval cast copper alloy forked spacer from a composite strap end. Further examples of broadly similar forked spacers are illustrated in: "Dress Accessories 1150-1450" (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, plates 93 and 94). Egan and Pritchard (ibid. p.145) state that the form of strap-end with a forked spacer does not appear to have been introduced until the late 13th or, more probably, early 14th century. The object recorded here is probably a forked spacer from a late 13th century to early 14th composite strap end.
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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