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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy composite strap end dating to the Medieval period. The strap end consists of a rectangle which opens out into a circular panel with quatrafoil openwork decoration on one side. Attached to which is a spacer which is broadly rectangular in shape with rectangular protrusions at either side near the circular panel. This spacer terminates in a point. The metal is green in colour and the object weighs 13.5g and measures 51.68mm in length and 22.38mm at its widest point. See Egan, G. and Pritchard F. (1991) Dress Accesssories, 1150-1450, London: Museum of London: 140f, for a parallel.
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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STRAP END
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