The Portable Antiquities Scheme
MEDIEVAL STRAP END
1400
Medieval composite strap-end of crescentic type, complete apart from part of the sheet back plate, patches of white-metal coating on both faces. Four rivets. The front of the crescent is decorated with engraved lines and small areas of rocker arm engraving. Details on the front surface of the sub-lozengiform foliar knop are picked out by deep V-sectioned engraved grooves. 44 x 31mm. Cf. Fingerlin 1971 Abb. 312-314. First half 15th century.
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