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Description: | Medieval copper alloy composite strap end with spacer, 13th-14th century. Trapezoidal with a projecting knop from the narrower distal end. Two copper alloy flush-headed rivets, one centrally placed at either end. It is unclear whether the spacer is flat or forked. Length 24.34mm, proximal width 14.30mm, distal width 11.63mm, knop length 3.38m, knop width 4.30mm, thickness 3.13mm, weight 4.50g.Egan & Pritchard 1991 ('Dress Accessories', London HMSO)publishes similar strap ends, p140-143 Fig 93 (forked spacers) & p147-8 Fig 96 (flat spacers) dating bewteen 1270-1380.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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