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Description: | Incomplete silver gilt openwork strap-end. Rectangular, broken before the attachment end, the terminal end is a shallow bi-convex curve with a small incomplete transverse loop in the centre and two cusps on the upper edge. The cast upper face has a concave border along each long edge between which is a complex openwork pattern formed from ridges forming cells with circular holes within and between them. The pattern consists of two crescents with pelta-shaped inside edges formed from four large and one small cell, with a circle between them formed from a central circular cell with four holes with three spiralling crescent-shaped cells around it. The front and back-plates are soldered to separate side-strips between. Length at least 32mm. Width 18mm. Thickness 4mm.Weighing 8.64g. To hold a strap c. 14mm wide and 1.5mm thick. For an example with a similar terminal Cf. Fingerlin (1971, 407, Jat. Nr. 312) C. 1500 - 1525.
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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