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Description: | Cast copper-alloy strap fitting. Rectangular frame with slightly recessed outer edge (dims.: 12.5 x 11mm). The opposing edge has a 3-D moulded head of a bearded male, which extends above and below the rectangular frame. There is a rectangular slot (12 x 5mm) running through the head to take a strap, which would then be secured through the frame. The hair is depicted on the top (but not on the reverse) by shallow transverse grooves. The eyes, nose and mouth are depicted quite crudely and the beard is forked. There are traces of iron corrosion close to the eye and upper part of the rectangular slot on the outer edge. The reverse surface is flat. Even, slightly dull pale green patina.
L: 27.5 W: 21.5 T: 9.5 Wt: 10.41g
An unusual artefact form, that I have been unable to find an exact parallel for. The human image was used to decorated a number of mounts, buckles and studs at this time and although it is not possible to positively identify the individual represented, depictions of St. John the Baptist on objects do become popular in the 16th-17th centuries and this may be a precursor. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sally Worrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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