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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy and gilded plate of uncertain use but of probably Medieval date. The plate consists of a robustly made flat rectangular plaque with four circular rivet holes, one at each corner. Two of the rivet holes contain dome topped circular rivets but the other two are missing and the plaque is broken along this line. The front of the plate is decorated with simple decoration consisting of a square outlined with a double incised line, possibly with some further linear decoartion within the square. The front of the plate is gilded. The plate is not entirely flat but is bent slightly upwards to form a low bridge, the raises being roughly in line with the edges of the decoarative square. For this reason it is suggested that the fitting may have served as a strap guide, perhaps on a box or may have served to reinforce a joint of a metal plate running at a right angle to this one.The plate has been dated broadly to the Medieval period c.1200-1500.
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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