|
Date: |
|
Description: | Medieval copper alloy strap clasp, the frame of which is significantly larger (wider and longer) than the attached plate.The frame is rather worn and may have had pairs of transverse ridges, on at each end of the long sides. However, there is no sign of them now. The frame measures c.15mm in length and is wider at the rotating end, 12mm compared to 9.8mm at the plate-end.The rotating end is 10mm in length and as wide as the interneal dimensions of the frame (c.10mm). It is topped with a bar mount with faceted edges.The plate is 13mm long and 8.6mm wide, fixed with a rivet at the centre of its open end. The plate narrows to 6.3mm wide where it curls around the narrowed bar.Complete length 25.8mm, weighs 2.64g.These date between 1250 and 1450.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
CLASP
Medieval copper alloy strap clasp,…
-
CLASP
A medieval copper alloy strap…
-
CLASP
Cast copper alloy composite single…
-
CLASP
Cast copper alloy rectangular folding…
-
BUCKLE
Cast copper alloy single loop…
-
CLASP
A complete copper alloy folding…
-
CLASP
An incomplete copper alloy medieval…
-
CLASP
Medieval copper alloy frame from…
-
CLASP
An incomplete copper alloy folding…
-
BUCKLE
A complete cast copper alloy…
|