Record ID: CAM-0EA756
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy strap end dating to the late fourteenth or early fifteenth centuries AD. The strap end comprises a hollow, rectangular attachment plate; the upper surface of which is decorated with an incised letter 'M' surrounded by rocker work patterns. The attachment plate extends to an hour glass shaped body with circumferential ribbed mouldings; beyond the body, there extends an openwork terminal comprising two arched projections with scroll motifs flanking an eagle looking over its shoulder. The eagle's feathers are rendered as incised lines. The strap end measures 57m…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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