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Description: | Cast copper alloy folding strap clasp with sheet plate. The outer edge of the frame has an integrally cast crowned head with four holes in the crown. There is a raised transverse ridge on either side, level with the chin of the head. The bar is narrowed and recessed for the folded sheet plate, which in turn is recessed for the frame. The plate is undecorated, with a rivet hole at either end. One (that furthest from the frame) contains a copper alloy rivet, the other holds an iron rivet (possibly this hole was enlarged - this appears to be a mend). Length (total) 61mm, width (buckle) 19.08mm, thickness (across nose) 6.18mm, weight 9.92g. See Egan & Pritchard (1991, 'Dress Accessories; medieval finds from excavations in London', London HMSO) p120, no.568, fig 78 for a similar king's head clasp, from a context dated c.1350-1400. Other folding clasps in the book date to c.1270-c.1450.
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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