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Description: | Treasure report from J P Robinson:A Medieval strap-end formed of a rectangular plate with a foliate terminal incorporating the head of a grotesque with an open mouth. The open mouth is likely to have formed a loop originally for the attachment of the fitting to a corresponding part. The rectangular plate is engraved with the letters: IHC to indicate the name of Jesus. This part of the strap-end was probably originally enamelled. On the reverse are two rivets at the straight end and an aperture behind the foliate terminal. Such strap-ends survive in a variety of sizes. They may have been used for various purposes, including as book clasps.The strap-end is silver and dates from the fifteenth century.See other copper-alloy examples on the PAS database, for example SOMDOR-A28111 and HAMP-C0F9E7.
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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