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Description: | Medieval copper alloy composite strap end with a separate cast spacer between sheet plates. The strap end is tongue shaped with slightly tapering sides and a rounded end. The strap attachment end of the front and back plates are concave with a central circular cut out and a separately made copper alloy rivet in each corner; there is a short, pointed indent running down from the circular cut out on one side. There is no obvious decoration on the corroded surface. The spacer is complete and U shaped in plan, echoing the shape if the strap end with a rounded end and long sides which taper gradually to points at the top; it is rectangular in section. The spacer and plates were presumably soldered together at the terminal and are now loose. It is 40.8mm long, 15.6mm wide and 3.5mm thick; the spacer is 39.9mm long, 14.3mm wide and 2.4mm thick; it weighs 7.67 grams.A similar strap end, although with decorated plates, is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1993) p. 145 No. 689. They suggest composite strap ends date from the late 13th to early 15th centurys with most being 14th century. The central circular cut out at the top of the plate was popular on the better made medieval strap fittings including composite strap ends; Egan and Pritchard (ibid) suggest this form of plate helped differentiate the composite strap ends from those with sheet sides.
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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