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

Strap End 8

Anglo Saxon Strap End

Bronze/Copper - Blue-Green with areas of brown patina may indicate some iron content

3.5 cm x 1.1 cm

Thomas Class A Type 1

Proximal split to receive strap with two rivet both still in place

Tear drop design palmette

Trewhiddle type centre design in niello overlay now degraded

Zoomorphic terminal detail degraded

Strap end 7

Anglo Saxon Strap End

Thomas Class A Type 1

Bronze/Copper Alloy - blue/green patina

3.6 cm x 0.9 cm

Two rivet holes - head of one rivet in place - other hole damaged in antiquity and rivet missing

Palmette at proximal

Centre panel edged by boxed edge design - centre Trewhiddle type design in niello now degraded

Zoomorphic terminal - head has triangular ears and horns with some detail picked out with niello inlay - eyes surrounded by semi-circle and eyes picked out in niello

Between forehead and horn is a triangular recess which may have held niello or a stone

Roman strap end or fitting - 16

 

Roman - late? - strap end or strap fitting. Copper alloy - carried a nice green patina. Shield shape 2.3cm by 1.6cm at widest. Two locating lugs on the rear.

 

 

The strap end is engraved with the letter Z - The letter Z was introduced into the Latin alphabet in the 1st or 2nd century AD from the Greek. This may indicate the owned may have had a Greek origin? 





Strap End 10

Anglo Saxon strap end Class B Type 1. 8th - 9thc

The strap end is of a copper alloy and carries a dark almost black patina. The proximal end is splayed and has one rivet hole and has two raised bands. The end is damaged and the rivet missing.

The terminal end has a zoomorphic head and two raised bands.

The item has a distinct curve beginning about two thirds down the shaft toward the terminal end. Overall it measures 3.5cm in length and at its narrowest 0.2com widening to 0.5cm.

The underneath is plan but does show some signs of casting with the surface being slightly pitted.

 

 

Starp end 6

The strap end is of a copper/bronze alloy, measuring 3.8 cm by 0.8 cm. The proximal end shows a stylised palmette and carried holes for two rivets, the head of one survives.
The design is almost floral? with possible leaves a trunk headed by a flower? Various parts of the design are of silver inlay - not all survives but enough to give a feel of the design. I would categories the strap end as Class A type2? The reverse is plain.

Tongue Shape Strap End - 15

A tongue shaped strap end - copper alloy 3.3cm by 2.4cm.

Front



Rear

The design is a Winchester Knot type - Thomas Class E? - with possible silver gilding or wire work (black deposits on the face of the strap end).

 

Originally the strap end had three rivet holes (no rivets remain). One of the outside rivet holes was damaged in antiquity and a repair made by creating a new hole below the damaged hole.

 

The reverse is plain.

 

 

The date would seem to be 900-1100 AD.