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Description: | A complete copper alloy strap end of early 14th century date. A tongue shaped composite strap end with a forked spacer. The forked spacer is cast and held in place between two copper alloy sheets, (which are cut into shape), by two rivets. Both rivets are present, but only the left hand rivet is still in place and connected to the back plate. The rivets are 3mm in diameter and 4.5mm long. The back plate is plain. The front place has decoration eteched into it, which appears to be a figural design surrounded by zig-zag background within a border. The front and back plates have a central aperture on the upper edge, between the two rivets, which is circular with a central groove.Similar strap ends can be seen in Egan's Dress Accessories, page 145, figures 654 and 689. However, unlike these examples, this example has no central point protriding from the spacer.Egan and Fingerlin (1971) suggest that this type of strap end was a proto-type for buckle frames with forked spacers.
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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