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Description: | A cast copper alloy medieval two-piece strap fitting, or swivel. It consists of a pair of annular frames with D-shaped loops both with zoomorphic terminals attached to a solid oval centre. The animals have strong moulding on the head, with brows, ears and eyes being well-defined. Their muzzles are long and their mouths open, clasping the centrepiece. Moulding from the animals' muzzles continues on either side of the centrepiece. The latter have a narrow lip around the circumference against which is more moulding in the form of short transverse lines. There is corrosion product between the two centrepieces, obscuring the manner in which the two halves are attached, but other examples have a socket on one side and a bolt on the other, see SF-CA5816. The loops of the fitting measure a) 26.65mm in width across the animal-head terminals and 6.35mm across the animal's head, and b) 26.61mm in width and 6.71mm across the animal's head. The overal length across the strap fitting is 49.12mm. The loops measure 3.4mm in thickness, and the object weighs 28.25g.
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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