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Description: | Catch-piece from a wrist-clasp of Hines Form B12, now very corroded. It cpnsists of a rather flat convex bar (slightly hollowed on the reverse) decorated with transverse ribbing, interrupted by three thick flat panels. The end panels are square and the central panel is rectangular; each is decorated with a double-strand saltire (although this decoration is obscured by corrosion on one end panel, it seems likely that it survives underneath). In between, the ribbing consists of a central broad flute flanked by pairs of narrower grooves. On the rear of the flat panels are three slightly flatter D-shaped lugs, pierced for sewing; one of the end lugs looks as if it may have been worn out of shape on its outer corner. On the front edge of the central panel is a square lug with a D-shaped perforation; one corner of this lug is now bent upwards. The whole clasp-half has a very slight curve to it. It measures 40 mm long and a maximum of 21 mm wide. Early Anglo-Saxon, late fifth or sixth century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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