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Description: | A damaged and incomplete cast copper-alloy medieval composite strap-end with stylised knopped terminal. The forked spacer survives at a maximum length of 22.5mm including the knop. The knop consists of three conjoined ridges, with angled edges and grooves between, and a rounded, slightly expanded, end below. It has been bent slightly as a result of old damage. Both sheet plates survive adhering to the spacer. One has been broken and only survives the length of the spacer. They are trapezoidal with angled bases which follow the spacer as it angles in to the terminal. The more complete has a central perforation at the attachment which would have taken the rivet; the hole has abraded through and the rivet is missing. This sheet has also been bent outwards where it protrudes beyond the spacer. The spacer is a dull mid-grey colour, while the plates, of a different alloy, have light-green corrosion product over a red-brown metal. Similar strap-ends can be found recorded on this database, e.g. refs. DENO-174731, SWYOR-07BA95.
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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