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Description: | A Medieval - Post Medieval copper alloy strap end with separate sheet back plate, probably dating 16th - 17th century. The wider end of the strap end is bi-lobed creating a heart-shape, then there are two small projections and where the point of the heart-shape would be it then tapers and forms an acorn-shaped terminal. On the back there is a small separate back plate which has been roughly shaped to follow the outline of the edges of the front plate. The back plate is held in place by two iron rivets, the upper rivet corresponds with a visible rivet hole in the front plate whereas the rivet hole for the lower rivet is not visible. The back plate and rivets appear to be made from iron. There is a small piece of leather remaining within the strap end.A very similar strap end has been recorded as PUBLIC-A129C7 and dated to the 16th century. Read (2001:37 fig. 22 no. 322) illustrates a similar shaped mount which is heart-shaped at one end with an acorn-shaped terminal which is dated to the 17th century. Another similar shaped mount is published from Beeston Castle, Cheshire and that one is dated to the 16th century.Dimensions: length: 26.77 mm; width: 18.36mm; thickness: 4.66mm; weight: 4.12g.Reference: Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.
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