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Description: | Complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy strap fitting, 1500-1700 AD. The fitting has a flat back and front with bevelled sides and a thickened lobed knop at one end. The knop has a domed top and flat back. Above the knop is a double raised collar with a groove between. Above the collars the fitting is waisted before expanding into a circular-plan area with a large circular central hole; the circle has three angular knops projecting from each side. Above the circle the fitting is waisted again, widening to an end bar; in the waisted area is a central circular rivet hole. The horizontal bar is divided into two by a transverse groove, the upper part has regular diagonal grooves creating a twisted cord decoration. The strap fitting measures 30.7mm long, 14.5mm wide and 2.1mm thick; it weighs 3.4 grams. Read (2008: 209) illustrates a similar example, ref. 757 which he attributes to a toggle clasp Type 3 and dates to the 16th and 17th centuries. Furthermore, a similar find is registered on the database as SUSS-97EF78.
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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