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Description: | Medieval copper alloy sheet strap end with an attached bar mount. The strap end is a form described as 'shield shaped' with an oval half which comes to a point at the outer end separated from a rectangular half by a waist cut in from both sides. A simple bar mount, rectangular in plan and D shaped in section is attached to the rectangular section sitting parallel to and projecting slightly beyond the outer edge. Two separate copper alloy rivets with go through the piece. One near the point on the oval section and one through the bar mount and rectangular section. They are flush with the front of the strap end but project beyond the back to attach it to the strap with rectangular copper alloy sheet roves to help fix the other end. It measures 17.3mm in length, 12.7mm wide and is 3.5mm thick including the rivets. It weighs 1.08 grams.Egan and Pritchard (1991: 157) illustrate a range of similar strap ends, including the seemingly identical no.735. They suggest this distinctive form was used with folding strap clasps and dated to the 14th century (ibid:157-8).
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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