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STRAP END
Unique ID: LIN-1D8590
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy hinged plate from a medieval two-piece strap-end. The plate consists of a single, narrow piece of plate metal folded to form a loop at the terminal end. A rivet hole is visible at the atatchment edge and the front of the plate has incised decoration, the form of which is hidden by corrosion and dirt. In common with other medieval gilded metals, traces of a red substrate are visible on this object, and flecks of gold leaf are visible when the object is viewed using a microscope. Pritchard and Egan describe similar examples in Dress Accessories 1150-1450, dating from the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Their function is unclear, but they postulate that these objects were a form of book fastening since many have been found in ecclesiastical contexts.
Notes:
G. Egan and F. Pritchard (2002) Dress Accessories 1150-1450, p. 154-155
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 5.02 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Skegness (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF5268
Four figure Latitude: 53.187378
Four figure longitude: 0.27343
1:25K map: TF5268
1:10K map: TF56NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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