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Description: | Medieval copper alloy finger-joint cover with two iron rivets from a plate armour gauntlet, an arched plate with a central pointed oval boss set lengthwsie. Engraved decoration on the upper face comprises to large double-line saltires and a double line and zig-zag along the long sides. Small parts of two corners are missing, and one other corner is buckled. Length 29.5mm. Width 22.5mm. Height 15mm. Such objects were current in the period c.1350 - c.1430 (Griffiths. N. in Biddle 1990, 1084-5).
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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