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Description: | A copper-alloy medieval strap clasp, complete with plate and folding end. The clasp frame is rectangular in shape and the sides of the frame are slightly convex, with a ridge near each corner. The folding end is recessed for the frame. The plate is made from a sheet of folded copper-alloy, recessed for the frame. It is undecorated and broken before its end where, presumably, there was once a rivet. The separated constituents of the clasp measure 43 mm in length when taken together, the plate is 24.9 mm long and 10.9 mm wide, the frame 16.1 mm and 13.4 mm and the folding end is 10.1 mm and 12 mm. Such strap clasps are known from contexts from late 13th to 15th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 116) and similar examples are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 118; 551-559).
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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