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Description: | An incomplete sheet copper alloy composite strap end of Medieval date (c. AD 1350 - c. AD 1400). Length: 26.2mm; width: 12.3mm; thickness: 1.1mm; weight: 1.73g.One plate is missing. The surviving plate is sub-rectangular in plan and tapers slightly form the attachment, where it has a width of 12.3mm, towards the terminal end where the width is about 10.3mm. At the attachment end there are two 'V'-shaped nicks and a central lobed cusp. The cusp is perforated with a circular rivet hole, 1.8mm in diameter (the rivet is missing). In plan, the terminal end is rounded and has a small indistinct knop. Close to the knop, at the centre, there is another similar rivet hole that contains a small portion of a copper alloy rivet. This rivet secures a complete 'V'-shaped spacer. The spacer is slightly thicker than the plate.The outer face of the plate has a shiny mid-green patina. The rear face of the plate, the spacer and the small portion of rivet are corroded.A similar strap end from London is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard 1991, 'Dress Accessories', 143, fig. 93, ref. 660. This London strap end is dated c. 1350-1400.
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