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Description: | A copper alloy strap slide strap fitting of Medieval date, AD 1250-1400. The rectangular loop has a small integral shank (rivet) extending outwards from the centre of the back of the loop (integral external rivet). The loop has been twisted either by damage at the point of loss, or post depositionally. A lozenge shaped copper alloy plate is soldered to the front of the loop. This has been bent backwards at the bottom and has been squashed towards the back of the loop which has also been squashed down from it's original 90 degree angle to the plate. It measures 32.21mm long x 28.65 wide x 9.78mm deep. The lozenge is 29.01x 28.65 x 2.36mm thick. The loop is 26.86mm wide x 19.95mm deep. It weighs 12.60 gm.The plate is decorated with a central heraldic, heater shaped (flat topped and pointed base), shield. The rest of the lozenge shape was filled with Azure (blue) enamel, of which about 50% remains. The heraldry on the shield is Argent (silver), a quarter Gules (red). The Lord Marshall's Roll of c1310 gives this as a Philip Panton. (Anglo-Norman Armory Two by Cecil R. Humphery-Smith, p520). Some of the red remains, and there are traces of the silvering on the shield. There seems to be a circle in the centre of the shield; this is probably due to the item's use. The rest of the item has some engrained dirt and some verdigris. The shield on the lozenge is at 180 degrees to the loop, which indicates that this item would have been used on a strap used in a vertical or diagonal manner.Another heraldic strap loop fitting, on the database, SWYOR-A9B545; is very similar but was for use on a horizontal strap or belt. Another example is C975 in the Museum of London. (Medieval Catalogue of Museum of London, 1940, plate XIX and p122). Also Nick Griffiths illustrates an example with a shield shaped plate on a loop (fig. 11, a-b Finds Research Group, Datasheet 12). This is illustrated being used on a vertical strap.For an example of the loop on it's own see LIN-E5FE42 on the database. For a discussion and further examples see Egan and Pritchard (Dress Accessories 1150-1450, pp229-232).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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