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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap end dating between 1200 and 1400 AD. It appears to have some remnant tinning or silvering on it. It is made from two sheets of copper alloy, held together by two rivets in the attachment end and probably once soldered at the closed end though no longer attached here. The plates are sub rectangular in plan, tapering slightly towards the closed end which is pointed and terminates in a small knop. A circular notch is cut in the centre of the attachment end betweent he two copper alloy rivets. There is no decoration visible.Similar strap ends are discussed and illustrated in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue, pages 264 - 269. Similar to SWYOR-031127, LIN-593C44 and SWYOR-74B087The length is 17mm, width 7mm, and the thickness 2mm.
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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