Copper-alloy, 8.58 grams, 38.02 mm. 7th-9th century AD. A robust Middle Anglo-Saxon one-piece strap end split along the upper plate. The expanding upper plate has two slight flared lobes below the piercings for the attachment rivets. The central panel is ornamented with a length of tight interlaced knotwork, below which is a zoomorphic terminal with triangular ears, bulbous eyes and a ribbed square snout. Both the interlace and the animal-head are drawn from the 7th-8th century manuscript tradition. Reference: Webster, L & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.98 fig.69n. Published: Hammond, Brett. British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.