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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy crescentic strap end of later Medieval date. Only the incomplete moulded terminal survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The terminal is flat, sub-triangular in form and has openwork foliate decoration. On the front face the remains of 10 or 12 circular perforations are visible, between and around which are numerous incised grooves, the entire motif probably intended to represent a plant or tree. The back face is flat and undecorated, and traces of an added white metal coating are present on both faces. This fragment measures 18.61mm in length, 25.43mm in width, 2.25mm in thickness, and weighs 2.97g. This is the terminal end from a Medieval crescentic strap end similar to examples recorded through the PAS (e.g. HAMP-EC0C80, HAMP-FD7C24 or SF-D267F4) and from London (Mitchiner, 1986: pp. 135, no. 385a). It is of 15th century date, c.1400-1500 AD.
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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