Record ID: WILT-492DB9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, dating to c. AD 1600-1700. It is a flat, oval plate, shallow plano convex in cross section, with a small round ended lug at one end and a rectangular, rectangular section, 'eye' at the other. The lug shows three transverse grooves leaving two rectilinear ridges and the eye, similarly has two such grooves and a single ridge or collar at the junction with the plate. The frame of the eye is intentionally curving downwards and the outer edge of the frame shows some signs of wear. The underside of the item has …
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-3074CD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy swivel strap fitting, probably from a harness, dating to the Medieval period, c. AD 1100-1300. The object consists of two loops, which are attached together by a central lug. The larger loop is trapezoidal and has a hole in the shorter side, through which the lug extends. The smaller loop is circular and has the lug attached. It has a dark green patina, and is in good condition with a full swivel movement.  Dimensions: Length: 52.1 mm; Width: 32.3 mm; Thickness: 13.3 mm; Weight 33.63g cf: PUBLIC-B1A151
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 5th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-2E9FC1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probably Medieval copper alloy sub rectangular strap loop, dating to c AD 1300 - 1550. The two long sides are slightly convex from end to end and one, plano convex in section, is decorated with moulded or stamped ring and dot motifs. The three at the centre, and each end, a single one, are emphasised by being larger than the rest. The dots contain traces of gilding. Dimensions: 38.7mm in length; 15mm in width; frame 2.2mm x 2.9mm; 4.11g in weight cf. Cassell's (2013) type 5.2.A. Strap loops or slides usually, but not always, have riv…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-EB7E43
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy mount from a sword belt, dating to c. AD 1500-1600. Possibly one of a set of three mounts, it was originally suspended from a plate as part of a sword belt hanger. The mount is foliate in outline with three lobes at each end. The central terminal of the top end is incomplete, due to an old break. It has lost its forward-facing globular ended hook which would have attached it to the main plate. The mount has cast foliate decoration on the surface and has a rivet hole near the top and the bottom of the terminals. Length: 42.0mm; width: …
Created on: Friday 30th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
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Record ID: WILT-72D5D0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Medieval- Early Post Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, in the form of a jester's head, dating to c.AD 1400-1600. The strap fitting is cast in the form of a jester's head, moulded in high-relief. It has lentoid eyes with a sub-triangular nose and a horizontal groove representing the mouth. The head has a tight hood which forms a border around the face and has a central knop protruding over the forehead. There are two pointed, vertical ears protruding from either upper 'corners' of the head. The ears are defined by a lentoid shaped cell w…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-AE0E86
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, perhaps a purse hanger or part of a sword belt fitting, dating to perhaps c AD 1600 - 1700. It was apparently originally broadly triangular in shape, the main plate cusped and scalloped along its edges, about one third missing to an early break. An integral long necked forward facing hook with possible zoomorphic terminal extends from the downward facing point of the triangle. It may be that the intention was to create an effect of wings, with the hook as the neck and head. The top centre part of the plate…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5FC9B3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount and pendent loop, dating to c AD 1350 - 1400. The bar mount is a sheet of metal, pierced at one end for attachment to a strap, rivet missing, and folded back about 2/3rds down its length apparently into a simple hook, recessed in width but with slightly expanded end. The ring is D shaped in section.  Dimensions: mount 12.8mm in length; 3.9mm in width; ring 10.6mm in diameter; 2mm thick; 1.4mm wide; whole item 0.92g in weight Ref: Egan and Pritchard (1991: 221) Fig. 138.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-7C05AC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval rectangular copper alloy strap loop with a piercing for a separate internal rivet, not extant, dating to cAD 1350 - 1400. It is sub rectangular in form. The lower bar is the most truly rectangular in section and has a small circular piercing, a rivet hole, at its middle point. The two side bars have slightly chamferred edges and at the joint with the outer or upper bar there are globular knops. This outer bar is D shape in section and there is a semi-spherical boss at its middle point, the bar tapering a little away from it towards the corne…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 5th February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-7A9E08
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap fitting, being part of an S-shaped fastener, D shape in section, in the form of a snake, probably dating to c AD 1550 - 1800. It would have been roughly in the shape of a letter S.  What remains is one loop of the 'snake', with the simplistic form of the head given the appearance of biting the tail, so forming a loop. The fastener has a rough, mid green patina with darker patches where rubbing may have occurred. No detail of other decoration is apparent. An early break in the …
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-062E6D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy strap mount or strap end of a form used with three-part clasps, dating to c AD 1300 - 1450. The mount has a scutiform plate with a bar mount, semi cylindrical in section,  on the end, the whole being held together and onto the strap with two copper alloy rivets with roves, both retained here. This item was used with a matching clasp, the bar mount working with the rotating closure of the clasp to secure it. See Egan and Pritchard (2002), p116 for a discussion of how these functioned. Dimensions: 16.5mm in length (bar and plate); 12.1mm in width; 1.2g in w…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-526C06
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy two piece swivel fitting dating to c AD 1100-1300.  The object consists of two C-shaped loops and bases which are joined together by a swivel mechanism which is still in good working order.  The two loops have zoomorphic heads at either end of the loops.  The animal depicted has almond shaped eyes, a large mouth with a lower jaw that juts out to meet the bases.  The two bases join together to form a sphere.  Both bases have a groove encircling them. Measurements:  Length 14.2mm, width 20.3mm, max.thickness 16.1mm and weigh…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-7305DE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper alloy openwork strap fitting probably dating to c. AD 1000-1100. The fitting is triangular in shape with a bar at the top. The design is moulded in relief. There is a knop at either end of the bar, of which the right hand knop is more pronounced than the left. From the base of each knop comes a swathe of foliage, which meets in the middle in a semi circle, below the openwork gap which is itself under the bar at the top. The foliage returns outwards and back in on itself into a curled tendril on either side of the fitting. The frame of the…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-7B8408
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper alloy swivel strap fitting, possibly from a hunting dog lead, dating to c AD 1100 - 1300. It is a symmetrical arrangement of opposed sub D shaped suspension loops, made up of zoomorphic forms as terminals, surmounting hollow cauldron shaped domes, one slightly larger than the other. The loops have an outer edge of an offset and narrowed bar, one of which still has the remains of a roller in situ. The bases of the domes butt each other, with presumably an integrally cast pin passing from one dome and …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-7A65BD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper alloy swivel strap fitting, possibly for a horse harness, dating to c AD 1100 - 1300. It is a symmetrical arrangement of opposed oval shaped loops, oval in section, each with zoomorphic forms as terminals, all  surmounting hollow domes. The bases of the domes butt each other, with presumably an integrally cast pin passing from one dome and through the other allowing them to swivel one with the other.  The terminals of the loops depict stylised beasts which may have mouths opened and …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-64AD49
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Romano British cast copper alloy strap union, dating to c. 100 BC- c. AD 100. Taylor and Brailsford (1985) Type 1. The design comprises a central body with two flat circles conjoined one above the other, in a figure of eight.  Each circle has a raised sinuous tendril or vegetal design across the centre. Both designs are similar where they almost meet but one of the opposing ends of the tendril on one circle curls upwards, the opposite tendril curls downwards. Both upper and lower circles have laterally …
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-D727CC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but roughly made possibly Medieval copper alloy strap fitting dating to c AD 1200 - 1450. It consists of two unmatched (in shape and size) but probably cut from the same sheet, sub rectangular metal strips riveted together by a single rivet placed centrally at each end. It is undecorated. Within what is quite a wide gap is some darker substance amid the accumulated soil. The metal has a dark green patina and is scratched in places.  Dimensions: 36.1mm in length; 12.6mm in width; 6.08g in weight (incl soil).
Created on: Monday 18th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-C0A884
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probably Iron Age copper alloy strap union, dating to c 100BC - AD100. The strap union is formed by two joined but addorsed curved central features with expanded, trumpet-like terminals that meet at their inner tips, so that they close and form a figure of eight, enclosing two small holes. The whole is bounded down each side by a narrow and rounded strap bar with pillow shaped expansions at the junction of bar and the centrepiece. The reverse is flat. The  object appears to have been conserved in some way and now has a glossy grey patina.  …
Created on: Sunday 17th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-2C4684
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper-alloy probable sword belt fitting dating to c AD1500-1700. The object is sub-rectangular in plan, comprising a slightly D shaped section plate with a splayed fan or shell shaped terminal and an early break at the other. The centre point of the terminal is pierced with a circular hole. It would likely have had a hook at the missing end. The plate is decorated on the front surface with an inscribed foliate design which is continued beyond the edge in small angled knops. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated.…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-EBF0A5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy strap fitting, purpose uncertain, probably Medieval in date. The item consists of two sub rectangular strips of metal, both with early breaks at both ends. They do not 'match', one being wider and slightly thicker and better formed than the other, with a mottled pale green patina. The other has a ragged edge, is slightly longer, and has a darker patina. They are joined by a single rivet close to the centre of one end. Possible textile fragments are held between the two. Dimensions:22.7mm in length overall; 8.8mm in width overall (strip no…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-ADA978
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy strap distributor, dating to c AD 1000 - 1100. It is part of a double terminal bar, being the remains of  two sub circular or lozengiform terminals with circular or oval apertures, and a linking arm. The whole is hemispherical in section, has a central, worn, lozenge shaped knop and would have had rounded knops at the corners of the terminals. Only one of these is still extant on each terminal. Approximately half of both terminals are missing to old breaks. Dimensions: 44.0mm in length; 18.0mm in width; 7.1mm in th…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
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