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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap end, probably of Late Medieval date. The strap end appears to have been cast as a solid piece split by a wedge at the end to hold a strap. The lower part of the split is uneven with the thicker side on the left corrisponding to the thinner side of the right making it clear this is not two sheets riveted or soldered together. The strap end has a round terminal knop above which is a collar, above this it widens out into a rectangular section 16.3mm long by 13.9mm wide with a circular hole 5.2mm in diameter near the top. Above this it constricts and on one side there is an incised transverse line seperating the rectangular section from an oval section above. The oval section is 13.1mm wide by 9.4mm long and has a central rivet hole containing a seperate copper alloy rivet. Above the oval section is another constriction marked by a incised transverse line and then the strap end widens again into a bar at the top. The strap end is 37.2mm long and the split is 19.1mm long, The strap end is 13.9mm wide and 5.4mm thick including the 2.4mm thick split. It weighs 9.32 grams. Although no direct parallel was found in the usual sources there are similarly shaped 14th century composite strap ends e.g. LVPL-817EE7 and Egan and Pritchard (1991:151) suggest one piece strap ends were revived from the late 14th century onwards.
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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