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Description: | A copper-alloy strap fitting of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The fitting is formed of two pieces that have been riveted together. One piece is a flat plate, rectangular in shape with a v-shaped notch at its back edge. It had a catch but this has broken and it is decorated with simple, incised lines. There are three rivets through this piece, two of which attach it to the second piece. This second piece is long and thin of semi-circular section and narrows to a point. At the attachment end it is broken around the central rivet and it is likely that it was originally symmetrical with two points extending down from the flat plate piece. On the backsurface there is evidence for a broken attachment, which was presumably connected to the strap. The exact purpose of the object is uncertain but it may well be a strap end with the two long protrusions acting in a similar way to a spacer. A date is thus uncertain but the manufacture suggests a late Medieval or Post-Medieval date. The length is 52.24mm, the width is 21.54mm, the thickness is 7.33mm and it weighs 6.34g
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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