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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy openwork hasp of Post-Medieval to Modern date. It is flat, sub-rectangular in plan and is complete with the exception of an iron bar at one exterior edge that is missing due to old breaks. Along the top edge are three evenly spaced projecting circular knops that have integral rear projecting rivets with hemispherical heads. These would probably have enabled attachment to a corresponding clasp. At the centre of the hasp is a rectangular slot, to either side of which the edges of the plate constrict before expanding at the bottom edge. This has a sub-triangular perforation with cylindrical terminals to either side that contain the remains of the now missing iron bar where the hasp would presumably have been attached to a strap or similar object. The entire object measures 32.51mm in width, 18.44mm in height, 1.65mm in thickness, and weighs 3.93g.
This is probably a hasp from a two part clasp fitting of 18th or 19th century AD date. Comparable examples of military usage are noted by Bailey (1995: pp. 79-80) and suggest a similar function for the current example. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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