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Description: | An incomplete gilded copper alloy medieval or post-medieval artefact which may possibly be a book fitting or part of a strap end dating to the period c. AD 1400 - 1700. The fitting is trefoliate in plan with a rectangular projection which ends in an old break with the remains of a rivet hole visible. The obverse of the rectangular projection features an incised boder of two parallel lines with a zig-zag decoration in between. The trefoliate part of the plate also features traces of a zig-zag border but is quite heavily abraded, so it is not possible to see the full extent of the original design. There is a rivet hole placed just off centre of the trefoil with one iron rivet still in position but heavilly corroded which has produced a large patch of iron staining across the obverse. The obverse surface is gildedThe reverse of the plate is undecorated and also features the remains of the iron rivet.The artefact is similar to ESS-C196D8, SWYOR-DD90C2 and WMID-D3EB15. These records both note that while technically strap-ends, many examples have subsequently been reassesed as being more likely to have been book-fittings (Geake 2001, 61).
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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