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Description: | A small fragment of a copper alloy Anglo-Saxon wrist clasp. The main part of the fragment consists of 3 raised discs approx 8mm in diameter arranged in a line along a solid plate (although there is a hole in the plate between 2 discs). Along the line of the discs one side would have fastened to the sleeve: there is a loop between 2 of the discs forming an attachment point for sewing to the garment, and evidence of a similar loop between the other 2 discs that has now broken off. The other side of the fragment along the line of the discs had the catchplate for attaching to the other clasp in the pair: away from the attachment loops on the opposite side of the discs is a raised ridge along the axis of the discs, and beyond that the remains of the slot that would have attached this clasp to the other which had a hooked part. The fragment is broken off beyond the third disc. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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