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Description: | A fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon sleeve or wrist clasp catch-piece, one terminal and a fragment of the catch-element survives. This wrist clasp is most likely to be of Hines Form B20 (Hines, 1993, 64-65, fig 124). The plate and bar are cast in one and the wrist clasp has a shaped rear edge, two triangular projections survive on the rear edge, there is one complete and one partial circular sewing hole surviving between each of the triangular projections. The bar has faint traces of transverse grooves across it. This fragment measures 17.10mm in surviving length and 11.86mm in width.
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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