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Description: | Medieval copper alloy three piece strap end. The spacer appears to be a sheet type. Nearly all known strap ends of this type date from the fourteenth century (Egan & Pritchard, Dress Accessories, p148). The damaged knop was probably in the form of a stylised acorn. There is a central rivet at the top to attach the strap end to the strap, and at the bottom are two rivets at the shoulders of the plates to attach them to the spacer. One plate has a damaged raised decoration and remnants of a white metal coating, probably silver or tin. Dates to between c1300 and c1400 AD.The length is 33mm, the width is 13mm thickness is 3mm and the weight 3.73g.
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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