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Description: | Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Cast Medieval copper alloy one piece strap end, probably of late 14th ? 15th century date. The strap end is of rectangular section and thins slightly towards the outside edge. The closed end is composed of a waisted concave bar before three broken stubs, which would have led to the missing terminal. It is possible the terminal depicted St. Christopher within an openwork leaf-terminal, as noted in the parallels below. The rectangular panel is decorated with a fairly crude incised design within a chevron border at the top and bottom. The design is composed of rectangles in-filled with chevrons, each rectangle ending an opposing arc. The design appears to be purely decorative, rather than representing the letters ?M? or ?W?, although the decoration may be a stylised interpretation of ?Black lettering? The rear of the strap end is flat and plain. The strap was secured by means of two pins placed near the attachment edge. Remnants of the leather strap survive inside the socket. | 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: | 1375
1499 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Mark Lodwick | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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