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Description: | A bent but nearly complete copper alloy Medieval composite strap end with forked spacer, dating from the mid-13th to mid-15th centuries AD. The strap end is formed of two sheets of copper alloy, rectangular with a straight end at the attachment end, slightly tapering sides and a convex shallow point at the terminal end. There is are two separate copper alloy rivets near the attachment end and a further single circular rivet near to the pointed end. Between the front and back plates is a copper alloy forked spacer running down the entire lengh of both sides, coming together at the pointed terminal end, similar to the shape of the plates and joined with the single rivet at that end. The attachment end corners are angled and there is a central circular aperture between the two rivets at the attachment end. All three layers have become bent and separated slightly from one another probably due to in situ damage. The strap end measures 37.13 mm long, 14.92 mm maximum width, 4.4 mm thick and weighs 6.7 grams.Egan and Pritchard (1991) illustrate strap ends with forked spacers, grooved apertures and flat knops (figs. 93-94). Egan and Pritchard (ibid:145) suggest this is a mainly 14th century form, starting in the late 13th and continuing, in lower numbers, into the early 15th centuries.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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