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Description: | A medieval cast copper-alloy forked spacer which would have been part of a composite strap end, dating to the late 13th/early 14th to the early 15th centuries. The front and back plates are missing. The spacer has two rectangular arms, square in cross-section, both of which seem intact and are of slightly varying lengths. The two arms meet at the bottom with the inner sides curving in to the middle in a U-shape and the external sides taper to a series of three rectangular collars moulded in the round, the central of these slightly wider than those above and below. Below these collars is a final small, slightly flared collar above an acorn rounded knop. The forked spacer above the collars is covered in file marks. The piece has a dark-green patina where it survives, with other areas of lighter corrosion product. The terminal/spacer has been bent slightly to one side as a result of old damage.
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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