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Description: | Incomplete and worn cast copper alloy probable strap end of Medieval date. Due to the condition of the item it is not possible to be certain what the original form of the complete strap end would have looked like. The surviving component, which consists of a large openwork circle with a short pointed tang at one side and a constriction, with incomplete forks to either side, on the opposite side, may have served as a spacer between two flat plates (see 'Dress Accessories, c.1150-1450', Figure 92), or may have been intended to have an openwork terminal with smaller plates to one or both sides of the pointed projection (see 'Dress Accessories, c.1150-1450', Figure 86). Although very worn it is clear that there is a small fragment of an upper plate riveted to to the projection which probably served as an end knop and may have been designed to look like an acorn or bird's head.The most likely date of production for this object is between AD 1250-1450.
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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