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Description: | The strap end is a composite type, which dates, probably, to the 13th to 14th centuries. It is made from cast copper alloy.
The strap end is composed of two plates. The upper plate has been cast with moulded decoration. In plan it is a drop shape. The pointed, upper portion is decorated with a two central columns of four conical shaped cells. Either side of these is another column of two conical shaped cells. In between there are linear grooves as decoration. The lower portion of this plate is formed by two integral crescents facing each other creating a sub-oval shaped openwork in the centre. The crescents are decorated with leaf shapes filled with low relief ribbing. This are joined by incised scroll-like lines. There is also an incised line forming a border on all the edges. On the reverse of the upper plate filing is visible across the surface.
On each crescent there are two rivet holes evenly spaced, near the corners. All four rivets remain in place. The rivets appear to be made of copper alloy.
The lower plate is much smaller, and is a sub-oval shape in plan. It only covers the lower portion of the upper plate. The lower plate is incomplete. Whereas the upper plate has a dark grey/green patina, the lower plate has a more mid green patina. The upper plate also has a white metal coating, with a tiny patch also visible on the reverse. The upper plate appears to have been coated more recently with a clear substance which is now flaking.
The strap end is 55mm long by 31.1mm wide. It weighs 12.39g.
The Medieval Catalogue has similar styled strap ends, Figure 85. | 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: | 1200
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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