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Description: | Cast copper alloy casket hasp or mount. In profile the mount is a sub- 'L' shape. The horizontal arm is sub-circular in plan with an off-centre rivet hole. Integral to the lower portion of the exterior surface is a 'D' shaped loop. Above the loop the arm is decorated with four parallel horizontal wide ridges. The reverse of the vertical bar, at the upper terminal, there is an integral circular sectioned rivet. The surface of the object is abraded, and has only traces of a mid to dark green patina. The hasp or mount appears to be complete. It measures 41.31mm long, 28.75mm wide across the integral loop and horizontal bar, and 12.02mm thick transversing the horizontal bar. It weighs 7.6g.The mount appears to be part of the shutting or locking mechanism of a casket. The rivet is fixed to the wall of the casket and the horizontal platform with the rivet hole would be fixed to the base. A close comparison cannot be found, but similar objects, known as looped stapled hasps (Goodall, I.H. 'Iron Fittings From Furniture' in Biddle, M (ed.) 1990 Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester Volume II Oxford, Clarendon Press, p. 973ff) are known, for example Nos. 3501 and 3496 in particular. The looped stapled hasps date from the late 11th to 13th centuries.
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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