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Description: | Medieval copper alloy strap clasp: one-piece, trapezoidal frame with expanded outside edge decorated with oblique lines forming chevrons, and file marks on the sides; rectangular plate of folded sheet secured by rivet, with frame recesses and two pairs of transverse lines of punched, addorsed triangles near straight outside edge.Frame 24 x 11 - 13mm. Plate 24 x 9mm."The precise way in which [this type of clasp which lacks a folding end] would have functioned is obscure." (Dress Access. 120). A king's head is more often found on the outside edge (ibid no.568; I Goodall in Mayes, P. South Witham 2002, fig.7.9 no.102), but clasps without a folding end are not common.Later 14th century.
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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