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Description: | Medieval cast copper-alloy strap bar and attached copper alloy sheet strap plate. The recessed strap bar has old breaks at either end where the rest of the frame was attached. The rectangular plate is folded in half over the bar. The edges are damaged, particularly at the folded end, but they were probably stepped in at the corners on the front to fit the frame, the back plate is thinner than the front, continuing the line of the stepped in corners. There are three seperate copper alloy rivets, one in each of the corners at the outer end (strap attachment end) and one in the centre; they are flush with the back but have domed heads on the front. There is no sign of decoration. It is 44.6mm long, 20.3mm wide, 22.8mm including the strap bar of the frame, 4.1mm thick, 5.5mm including the rivets and weighs 5.12 grams.The presence of the bar but lack of any hole for a pin suggests this is from a folding strap clasp rather than a buckle; see Egan and Pritchard (1993) p. 118, no.563 for a parallel although with more rivet holes; it is dated to the late 13th to early 15th century.
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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