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Description: | A cast copper alloy composite strap fitting.
The object consists of a triangular shaped plate of copper alloy, the plate tapers before looping around on itself to form a closed loop. Inside this loop a flattened circular sectioned copper alloy ring has been placed. The ring moves freely in the loop. The plate has a wide decorative terminal on the opposite end. The terminal has been shaped with two pointed lobes.
Two empty rivet holes can be seen in a line on the plate.
The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and is worn and corroded.
Parallels can be seen in Read, p94, Fig: 20, 14.
These fittings date to the 16th century. | 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: | 1500
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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