Record ID: LVPL-5EAC05
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description Silver strap-end with incised zoomorphic designs, set against a niello background. The sides of the strap-end are of slightly convex form, and the border is notched to form a coarsely beaded band. The split attachment end has two circular rivet holes (one retaining its rivet), below which is a centrally placed, incised, trilobate palmette motif. There is a main centrally placed panel of two intertwined sinuous creatures with forelegs, heads in profile with single ears and dots for eyes, whose bodies have devolved into ribbon-like interlace. Each beast bites the body of th…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mold', grid reference and parish protected.