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Description: | A copper-alloy folding strap clasp now in two pieces, due to an old break. The folded sheet plate is rectangular in shape and measures 26.6mm in length and 15mm in width. It has a single central in situ copper-alloy rivet near to the attachment edge. The front face of the plate is decorated with an incised cross hatched pattern of lozenge shapes. The remains of the copper-alloy bar for the frame remains inbetween the fold of the plate, it is recessed for the plate. The rest of the frame is now seperate from its bar and the plate due to an old break. The frame of this clasp lacks a folding end and is rectangular in shape, 29.4mm in length and 16.9mm in width. The outer edge has an integrally cast crowned head. The crown has four circular perforations through it, there are straight lines of 'hair' on either side of the head. The face is rounded with incised eyes a protruding pointed nose and an incised straight line representing the mouth. This strap clasp is very similar to one found in London, again with a folded sheet plate with incised decoration and a frame with a crowned head on its outer edge. Further examples of these distinctive, well-made two-part clasps with crowned heads have been discovered on the site of a medieval village in Lincolnshire believed to have been deserted around the middle of the 14th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 119-120, fig 78, no 568).
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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