2024-03-29T13:19:48+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/742989/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/742989/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/742989/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/742989/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/742989/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/742989/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/742989742989IOW-AC9ED8PAS560AC9ED001810STRAP ENDComposite40.622.75.946.41IOW2015-7-146Finder1MEDIEVAL13501400An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy forked spacer for a composite strap-end (c. 1350-c. 1400).
It has a plain acorn knop terminal with a collar dividing the acorn element from the two prongs. The incomplete prongs are flat and rectangular in cross-section and have a thickness of 1.9mm.
This object is drab green with silvery deposits on both sides of the prongs. The breaks are old.
Height: 40.6mm; width: 22.7mm; thickness at terminal: 6.4mm. Weight: 5.94g.
A very similar spacer has been found in London and dated c.1350-c. 1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991:144, fig. 94, ref: 680).
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from excavations in London: 3. London: HMSO.2015-09-29 18:27:092015-09-30 09:37:53412015-09-202015-09-201Certain112929PAS560AC9ED00181072IOWCopper alloy10627IncompletePoorMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMetal detectorCircaCirca74404925469116642546941421Restricted AccessSZ4087SZ47SWIsle of Wight26350670101534491IOW20157146.JPG2391448Medieval Composite Strap-end (forked spacer)The Portable Antiquities Scheme4images/fbasford/South EastOperations to a depth greater than 0.25mCultivated landEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityIsle of WightUnitary AuthorityIsle of WightCivil Parish50.6956-1.4336Restricted AccessReturned to finder140465