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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy composite strap end of medieval date, circa AD 1350 -1450. The strap end has an integral forked spacer though the covering plates which would have held the leather strap in place no longer survive. The strap end has a bulbous semi-circular body with central large rivet hole. Beneath this is a raised collar above the forked spacer. At the opposing end a square-sectioned projection forms what is left of the incomplete connector hook or eye set at right angles to the rest of the strap-end. Egan & Pritchard (2002:155) discuss that comparative examples from the Continent suggest that these strap ends form pairs which were connected by a hook and possibly a chain, and might have been used as book fasteners rather than worn with dress.Similar examples are illustrated in Egan & Pritchard (ibid.) and are dated to circa AD 1350 - 1450. Other examples on this database include CORN-24FEB2 and NARC-DEFBE4.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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