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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy folding strap clasp with an incomplete folded sheet plate and trapezoidal frame with a folding end. The plate is rectangular in shape and measures 12mm in length and 10mm in width, It has a rivet through its incomplete attachment end. The folded end is recessed to accomodate the frame. The frame measures 12mm by 13mm in size. It consists of three sides and seperate but fixed roller, around which the folding end is wrapped, The front face of the folding end is decorated with cross-hatched incisions. Folding strap clasps such as this example are known from contexts from the late 13th/early 14th to early 15th century. Similar examples are known in London (Egan and Pritchard 1991 116-118).
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