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Description: | Copper-alloy clasp, complete with rectangular plate and 'crowned head' frame. The plate is made from a piece of copper-alloy strip 11.5 mm wide, folded in half to make a plate 34 mm long, and with frame recesses cut. It is secured by two longitudinally set copper-alloy rivets. The engraved decoration consists of a line down each long side, with four chevrons (pointing towards the frame) between. The frame is rectangular with slightly outcurved sides, and the outer edge is in the shape of a broad, almost triangular crowned head. The crown has four decorative perforations. There is no rotating end. A good parallel is Egan and Pritchard 1991, no 568; this is from a context of c. 1350 - c. 1400. (NB: Despite the appearance of the scan, this object is not gilded - just a little over-cleaned.) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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