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Description: | A copper alloy composite three-piece strap end consisting of two plates and a forked spacer (15th-16th century). The forked spacer has a collared acorn terminal/knop. The front plate is decorated with a diagonal cross of rocker-arm decoration - each arm of the cross points to a corner of the plate. The reverse plate is undecorated and has some damage in the form of some deep diagonal scratches that has gone through to base metal. The strap end has two copper alloy rivets (both still present) in the open end to secure the strap end to the strap. There appears to be some mineralised textile present in between the two plates. The attachment edge is straight but does angle towards one corner. Dark green glossy patina. It is similar to no. 1079 found in Winchester that was dated to the 15th - 16th century (Biddle 1990: 504). Dimensions: length: 55.15mm; width: 19.37mm; thickness: 4.68mm; weight: 15.25g.
Biddle, M. 1990. Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester. Clarendon Press, Oxford. | 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
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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