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Description: | A copper-alloy Medieval strap end dating from the second half of the 14th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 143). It is made of a sheet of copper alloy and a spacer held together by two rivets, one at the attachment end and one at the knop end prior to the knop. The other outer, third, sheet is missing The outer plate is sub rectangular in plan, with a wavy profile at the top and tapering slightly towards the closed end which is pointed and terminates in a small knop. There is no decoration visible and one side has some corrosion at the tapered end. It is a gunmetal grey-green in colour. The strap end is 29.1mm long, 13.9mm wide, 3.57mm thick and weighs 3.62 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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