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Description: | A cast copper-alloy strap fitting of probable Medieval date. It comprises a single cast rectangular strip that has been folded in half to form an upper and lower plate of virtually equal size, the lower plate being slightly shorter. There are no frame recesses, which suggests this is a strap end rather than a buckle plate. At the closed end the upper plate is constricted slightly and has a transverse groove. There is an integrally cast rivet that pierced the lower plate but is not visible on the upper plate, its precise form now obscured by encrusted earth within the strap end. There are traces of gilding on the upper surfaces of the object. It measures 32.85mm in length, 14.11mm in width, 7.36mm in thickness, and weighs 8.52g. Strap fittings of similar form are noted from Medieval London and a close parallel is noted in one example made of iron (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 594). These indicate a date in the Medieval period of the 14th-15th centuries AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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