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Description: | A lead-alloy socketed strap-end, dating from the late medieval period.The strap-end is formed of two joined elements: a plain back plate and an openwork upper plate with downturned, vertical edges. The upper third of the strap-end has straight, vertical sides and a scalloped top. The central element of the top of the upper plate is an openwork quatrefoil, the edges of which are damaged. Traces of a moulded design surround this aperture, and there is a corresponding rivet hole in the back plate. The lower portion of the strap-end is circular and decorated by a swan, which stands to the left, with openwork fields surrounding and a ropework circumferential border. Part of a broken projection is located at the base of the strap-end.Length: 35mm; width: 21.3mm; thickness: 4.9mm. Weight: 10.46g.A close parallel for this piece was found in excavations at Billingsgate, London (Mitchiner 1986: 220), with part of a similar strap-end also published from Meols, Merseyside (Egan, in Griffiths et al 2007: 138/Pl. 24, no. 1620). Egan suggests a date of late 14th to early 16th century for these objects (ibid. 137).
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