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Description: | Catchpiece from a copper-alloy wrist-clasp of Hines's Form B12. It consists of a straight bar 5.5 mm wide, 32 mm long and 2.5 mm thick. There are two panels with wide bevelled edges leaving three thick flat panels; on the rear edge of each thick flat panel is a thinner D-shaped lug, perforated for sewing to the sleeve. On the front edge of the central panel is a sub-rectangular lug with a large oval perforation, probably internally worn, which serves as the catch. One of the more common classes of wrist-clasp but still a significant find. Early Anglo-Saxon, late fifth or sixth century AD (perhaps towards the beginning of this date-range). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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