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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-6B1F57
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy with gilding strap end. Cast sub-rectangular openwork plate with a trefoil end; a small domed rivet of head diameter 2.4mm passes through the central lobe of the terminal, and there are three further probable fixing points at the outer corners of the plate and at the base of its terminal. An almost three dimensional lion facing walking left is integrally cast along with the plate, with tail curling above its back and a generous mane. Tiny patches of gilding are trapped in the relief of the mane. The openwork plate may have been intended to reveal a brightly coloured strap. Lions in various heraldic poses were a favoured feature of 13th-century strap fittings reported from London and elsewhere. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300.
Length: 25.1mm, Height: 16.5mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 5.65gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.1 mm
Height: 16.5 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 5.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 26th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24289a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Elkington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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