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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy composite Medieval strap end. The strap end is an elongated tongue-shape in plan with a small knop at the terminal. The strap end is made up of two plain copper alloy sheets and a short copper alloy sheet spacer inbetween the lower part of the strap end which runs approximately one-third of the length of the 2 outer plates. A short length of woven textile is still in situ between the uppermost part of the two external plates. The parts of the strap end are held together via circular-sectioned copper-alloy rivets, one through the centre of the terminal, just above the knop and a second, also along the midline, at the uppermost part of the strap end. The surface of the strap end has a mid to dark green patina which is patchy and scratched. In Egan and Pritchard (Egan and Pritchard 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) there are similar strap ends, particularly No.698 which date to the 14th to 15th centuries, 1300-1500.
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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