Strap End 18

Anglo Saxon Strap End

Bronze alloy with brown patina

4 cm x 1.2 cm

Ring and sot design similar to strap end 17

Proximal end divided from main body by incised line - single rivet to take strap still in place - rivet is part of ring and dot design - chamfered sides, corners and top are used to create a T or cross effect

Main body is four rings with dots

Sides show signs of gilding

Strap End 17

Anglo Saxon Strap End

Iron/Copper alloy

Green/Black patina

3.9 cm x 1.2 cm narrowing to 0.3 cm

Dot and ring design

Manufacture is three thin sheets of metal held by two rivets - one at terminal end and one at proximal to receive the strap - both rivets are in palace

Proximal rivet forms part of the ring and dot design

Bottom is plain

The terminal narrows to a "snout"

Strap End 14

Anglo Saxon Strap End

Thomas Class A Type 2

Bronze alloy

Brown patina

2.9cm x 0.5 cm

Proximal two rivet attachment rivets and part of strap end missing damaged in antiquity

W and V shapes at proximal

Single panel with seemingly abstract design

 



 

Plain terminal

 

 

Strap End 13

Anglo Saxon Strap End

Thomas Class A Type 1

3.3 cm x 0.8 cm

Bronze/copper alloy

Brown Patina

Much degraded

Proximal end missing

Single panel with Trewhiddle type subject indiscernible

Zoomorphic terminal with pointed snout

square ears

Strap End 12

Anglo Saxon Strap End

Lead/Zinc Alloy

3.5 cm x 0.4 cm

Thomas Class B Type 1

Proximal is slightly flattened and splayed

Attachment is two rivets - one remains

A band runs beneath the flattened terminal and is flanked on the side of the strap end with two incised marks repeated on both sides

The body is undecorated

The terminal is zoomorphic with a band above the head

The underneath is plain

Strap end 11

Anglo Saxon Strap End

Copper alloy - blue-green patina

3.5 cm x 1 cm

Thomas Class 1 Type A

Proximal has two iron rivets - one broken in antiquity and head remaining other rivet in place

A third larger iron rivet has been driven though the strap end three quarters of the way down - it is doubtful it is to replace the broken rivet in the method of attaching the strap end to the strap

A three lobe palmette

The body is of Trewhiddle type a central panel surrounded by a frame and further surrounded by a box design border

The design is of a beast and originally picked out in niello now much degraded

The terminal is zoomorphic square shaped ears a V shape with an arc as a forehead semi-circular groves surround the eyes and a triangular shape nose - the whole zoomorphic terminal is dominated by a large iron rivet which does not seem to have been part of the original design

The underneath is plain but does have a patch of niello or silver

Strap End 9

Anglo Saxon Strap end or harness fitting

Bronze with green/brown patina

3.5 cm x 1.48 cm and 0.5 cm deep

Heavy for its size

Proximal is square with no palmette

Fitting is with a single heavy rivet still in place

Body is a cross hatch with triangles design

Terminal is zoomorphic - two large eyes and V shape forehead

Snout is bulbous with a ring end broken in antiquity