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Description: | Post Medieval belt clasp, elaborate and tapering with straight end with small notch at both ends of transverse groove, large perforation flanked by three small notches on both sides between pair of large semi-circular notches and two rivet-holes, transverse bar and projecting lobe at narrowed terminal, 44 (unbent) x 17mm. Related to the more commonly found type of mount illustrated in Read (1995), no.716, and discussed in a letter to Treasure Hunting (July 2005) by A. de Reuck, who suggests their use as ladies' belt clasps, with the projecting loop on the corresponding other (female) half (missing here) perhaps supporting a chatelaine. 16th 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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