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Description: | A broken and incomplete spacer plate from a medieval composite strap-end with stylised collared acorn knop terminal cast in copper alloy. Both of the prongs have been seemingly truncated, with one longer and bent at its present tip. The prongs are recessed (Th.: 2.1mm) to accommodate (missing) sheet plates and feature file marks to help the plates' adhesion. The thick collared acorn knop is fairly well rendered with nut and fruit moulded. Similar strap-ends can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 144; fig. 94) and date to the 14th or 15th centuries AD. This piece has corroded to a dark-grey colour with patches of light-green corrosion product.
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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