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Description: | Copper alloy Strap End. Cast zoomorphic strap end of Anglo-Scandinavian style; in some respects resembling Thomas Class G which is dated to the later 11th century. A wedge-shaped splayed end formerly retained a strap of thickness 5mm, secured with a single rivet of length 7.7mm and diameter 1.7mm. This springs from a moulded collar which separates the attachment from an elongated sub-triangular plate which, unusually, is set at right angles to the plane of the strap, and set back from the front of the collar moulding. This terminal bears features which bear interpretation as the pointed ear and lentoid eye of a beast mask viewed in profile, framed like the plate itself by further moulded linear detail and with an engrailed lower edge possibly representing the lower part of the snout or jaw. The back of the plate is flat, featureless and aligned with the back of the strap attachment, indicating this was to be viewed from one direction only. The robusticity of the piece and the thickness of its strap would make a use with horse gear or weaponry feasible. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1050-1100.Length: 55.1mm, Width: 18.4mm, Thickness (at collar): 8.6mm, Weight: 14.60gms.
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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