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Description: | A complete and elaborate copper alloy button and loop fastener.
The fastener is of a type classified by Wild as a Class III teardrop fastener. The main part of the fastener is teardrop shaped with a raised tip which draws out into a point. There are two concentric rings decorating the button. The button is solid-cast with a flat reverse. Inside the central circle some white paste or enamel survives. Wild refers to two examples from East Yorkshire those bosses bear enamelled decoration.
On the reverse of the teardrop head the fastener extends into a rectangular sectioned shank. The shank tapers outwards. The shank has a right-angled bend just behind the head. The shank is not decorated. The shank then expands into the loop part of the fastener. The loop is a basic circular shape, but the terminal edge is very heavily worn.
The entire surface is pitted, but much of the original surface has been lost. The original metal is a mid greyish-green colour. | Subjects: | Wild Class III | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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