Record ID: NMGW-EF7143
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap loop of late 13th or 14th century date The strap has a trapezoidal (or sub-rectangular) frame with external integral rivet (with an overall length of 15.5mm and a weight of 1.8g). The trapezoidal frame is widest at it outside end (with an external width of 15.4mm and internal dimensions of 11.7mm x 7.5mm) narrowing slightly to the attachment end (with a width of 13.4mm). The frame is of rectangular section, widest on the outside edge (4.0mm wide and 3.0mm wide elsewhere). The attachment rivet is circular-sectioned (2.6mm diameter and 4.8mm long) and pl…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-83A247
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy strap looped mount or strap-fitting, probably of first to early 2nd century AD date The mount was of quadrangular or sub-lozenge form and is incomplete, missing one side (with an overall height of 22.7mm, a length of 32.5mm, a surviving width of 19.2mm and a weight of 13.7g). At the centre of the mount is a raised oval boss (13.5mm x 10.6mm) defined by encircling groove. Around the boss each of surviving lobes is concave, projecting upwards at their terminals. No other applied decoration is evident on the mount. The underside is concave and dished. The integral…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AAFB92
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap loop with separate rivet of 14th or 15th century date The cast strap loop is of D-shaped form with a prominent knop on the outside edge of the frame (with an overall length of 23.8mm and a weight of 3.3g). The terminal knop is oval sectioned (5.3mm long, 4.2mm wide and 5.0mm high) and has a ribbed border before the frame. The frame and bar are sub-rectangular sectioned (4.3mm wide and 1.9mm thick) and the sides of the frame are near-parallel, slightly convex. The bar has a circular perforation (2mm diameter) near the centre. The surface has a pale grey…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1467E5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strap mount The mount is near-complete with slight peripheral damage (with a weight of 17.9g). The front of the mount comprises two conjoined discs (with a width / diameter of 20.0 and 20.1mm, a length of 39.2mm and a thickness of 2.8mm – 3.6mm). The face is flat with no applied decoration evident. The rear of the face is near-flat and has the integral loop. The loop is rectangular (5.8mm long, 8.9mm high and giving an overall depth of 12.0mm and with internal dimensions of 2.5mm x 5.5mm). The loop has rectangular-sectioned (5.7mm wide x 7mm sides and 3mm thi…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3E43C7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount, of 16th or 17th century date The cast mount is near-complete and is of quatrefoil form, comprising a cross with open circles between the arms (with a length and width of 24.2mm – 24.5mm, a thickness of 2.2mm and a weight of 4.6g). The terminals of the cross arms are expanded with a central knop. The centre of the mount is decorated with an incised, concave-sided lozenge. The grooves cross and extend onto the terminals. The rear of the mount has two integral attachment pins, now truncated (giving a maximum surviving depth of 5.4mm)…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4125B7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman copper alloy belt fitting, probably a strap-end of 4th or 5th century date The cast fitting is complete (with a length of 21.9mm, a width of 40.2mm and a weight of 3.5g) and has openwork decoration. One end has a linear bar (3.4mm wide, 3.7mm long and 1.5mm thick) from the centre of which springs two opposing C-scrolls, with internal knop and defining two sub-circular or kidney-shaped apertures. At the apex is a flaring central feature with an incised central line. No applied decoration is evident elsewhere on the fitting. The fitting was attached using an integral squ…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F6BB9D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy fitting Post Medieval Date (AD 1500-1700). The object may be a dress hook or, since it is decorated on both sides, a watch winder. The face is decorated in a floral motif framed by incised lines forming an elongated crown shape. Both lateral points of the ‘crown’ terminate in sub-rectangular knops (5.9mm wide) with the central point terminating in a hexagonal knop (5.1mm wide) with a central recessed circular cell (2.5mm diameter). The bottom of the ‘crown’ is decorated with incised linework in the shape of a fan or floral motif with pointed en…
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AA9664
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap slide of post medieval date (c. 1650-1800). The object is roughly circular in plan, with a slightly convex front face, c.2mm thick. Two flattened-oval sectioned lugs project from opposite ends of the reverse face, each is covered by iron corrosion product, presumably from iron rivets or inserts to the lugs. Incised curved lines radiating from a central circle decorate the front face of the object. There is some suggestion of finer decoration between the radiating lines, but the loss of the original surface to corrosion obscures any further definition. The object i…
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-786C76
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap slide with internal projections of medieval date (c.1150-1400 AD). The object is slightly trapezoidal (23.4mm wide at the inside edge compared to 27.4mm at the outside), and rectangular in section. The outside edge is decorated- there are two non-identical knops at the corners of the edge, and two central paired knop mouldings. Two opposed internal projections near the inside edge. The maximum width for a strap through the base would have been 19.2mm. No.1260 (pg 233-234, fig. 149) is a similar example in Egan and Pritchard (2002).
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7873BE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap slide with internal projections of medieval date (c.1150-1400 AD). The object is slightly trapezoidal (17.6mm wide at the inside edge compared to 19.3mm at the outside). The object is undecorated. Two opposed internal projections near the inside edge. The maximum width for a strap through the base would have been 14.3mm. No.1258 (pg 233-234, fig. 149) is a similar example in Egan and Pritchard (2002).
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-52968B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy pendant loop of 17th century date The pendant loop comprises a mount, circular ring and separate rivets (with an overall length of 35.7mmand a weight of 3.0g). The mount is widest at its apex (with a width of 12.5mm, length of 30.2mm and a thickness of 2mm) with a bifurcating top edge. The sides gradually converge towards its base. The mount is convex across its width but flat across its length. No decoration is discernible on the corroded surface. The mount was secured using two iron rivets (2.8mm diameter) which remain in place. The hook at the base is …
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C2D779
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy swivel strap fitting, probably of 12th or 13th century date The cast fitting is complete but is corroded (with an overall length 46.5mm and a weight of 35.0g) and comprises two symmetrical halves, now corroded and seized. At the base and apex are sub-oval, integral loops (15mm long and 22.4mm wide and 10mm x 12mm internal) of faceted oval section. The terminals of the loop are zoomorphic, depicting stylised beasts with their mouths opened and biting down on the central section. The beasts have oval ears at the rear, defined by a moulding and internal groove.…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DDABA3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval ‘Anglo-Scandinavian’ copper alloy belt fitting (strap guide) probably of 10th or 11th century date The cast mount is of rectangular form and is complete but is heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 22.3mm, a width of 19.7mm and a weight of 5.7g). The head (18.2mm long, 9.0mm wide and 7.2mm thick) is of bilobed form, with a central ridge and a possible triangular moulding on the ends. The sides and base are of irregular rectangular section (with a width of 2.2mm – 5.0mm and a thickness of 0.8mm – 2.5mm). The surface is corroded with a dark-gree…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DDB96E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable head of a copper alloy strap-guide of medieval date The cast fragment comprises the head only (with a width of 21.5mm, a surviving length of 5.5mm and a weight of 1.7g). At the centre of the head is a rounded lobe (5.8mm wide and 3.8mm thick), each side of which the head is of D-shaped section (3mm diameter and 2.0mm – 2.5mm thick). The underside of the head is flat. The guide has broken below the turn to the sides on each end. The surface has a green-brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5BC308
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy mount, probably a strap mount or ‘pressure tectonic’ of Late Iron Age or early Roman date (c. 100 BC-AD 200). The mount is triangular in plan (17.3mm wide at the base x 42.5mm distorted length) and open in the centre with two integrally cast concentric knops on the apex (c.6.7mm diameter). The knops are centrally perforated with iron rivets, both surviving and in situ but corroded and broken. Three small integrally cast conical copper alloy rivets preserve on the reverse, one at the apex just before the lugs (3.9mm depth) and at a rivet at both base an…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A40981
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy sheet plate mount or fitting with gilding remnants and a rivet, likely of medieval date, potentially from a buckle. The plate is made of 0.8mm thick copper alloy sheet and was likely rectangular in shape, with two surviving parallel edges, the other two edges ending in uneven transverse breaks. A c. 3mm diameter, 3.65mm deep rivet is fixed equidistantly from the two surviving edges. The fixing of this rivet bent the plate inwards around the rivet. The front of the plate is decorated by double rows of punched decoration along both edges, and was once covered b…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-B37292
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval sword belt fitting, dating from around the 16th - 17th century. The object consists of a flat plate with a tri-lobed top and a foliate incised design to the surface. At the bottom of the plate is a hook with a rounded terminal. Hanging from the hook is a suspension loop which has a horizontal break under the hole. The top of the fitting features a tri-lobed design, the side lobes being longer than the central lobe. Under the central lobe is an iron rivet (4.7mm in diameter). Below is a narrowed waist (9.6mm in width) which then expands (t…
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-08658C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval, Anglo-Saxon copper alloy harness mount, probably of 7th or 8th century date The cast mount is of rectangular form and is incomplete, missing the integral loop (with a length of 24.6mm, a width of 14.9mm, a surviving depth of 7.7mm and a weight of 6.1g). The mount has geometric decoration in cast-relief, probably of Style II. The decoration is arranged around a central vertical rib, which undulates over raised mouldings at each terminal and incorporates a central oval boss (giving the mount a maximum thickness of 5.2mm). The rib is enhanced with three fine grooves. The …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F41833
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Two-piece strap end, probably of Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date. Both plates are the same size and are both shield-shaped. The front plate is decorative with a top and bottom scroll surrounding the letters I H S, presumably a monogram. Within the arms of the letter ‘H’ is a small central pink stone setting. The back plate is substantially thinner than the front and is plain with a central keyhole. The two plates have been riveted together with three rivets, one at the base and two at the sides, giving the strap end the characteristic V-shaped profile.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2003
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-B59A34
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy belt or strap mount, dating from the 16th or 17th century. The mount has an ornate openwork quatrefoil form (with a length of 35.7mm, width of 34.0 and a thickness of 2.0mm). From a central incised diamond or lozenge, four arms radiate to form a cross. Each of the four arms ends in a trifoliate form, these elongate at each side into scrolls which form the openwork design. The rear of the mount has three integral attachment pins, now truncated (giving a maximum surviving depth of 5.6mm). The surface is heavily ornamented with incised des…
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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