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Description: | An incomplete Medieval copper alloy shield shaped strap end, dating to the late 14th century. The object consists of a plate that has a rectangular tab at one end and a circular tab at the other. There is a rectangular bar covering the rectangular section, which has a rectangular section removed along the internal edge. There are two pointed projections beneath the bar and there may have been a further on the rounded edge. The bar is riveted in place, with the rivets still in situ. There is a rivet at the rounded end of the object, also still in situ, which would have connected the object to the strap along with the other two.The two projecting tabs beneath the rectangular bar have been damaged, with a possible third removed completely. The opposing plate is no longer present and the rivets have been broken on the reverse.Similar examples can be found in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 156-7, nos. 732-738) all of which date AD 1350-1400.Dimensions: length: 22.91 mm; width: 19.60 mm; thickness: 3.72 mm; weight: 3.26g.Reference: Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories. London: HMSO.
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