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Description: | A complete and highly elaborate copper-alloy double-headed button-and-loop fastener of a type not classified by Wild (1970. The fitting has a double head, the button element of the toggle is square and is decorated with an enamelled blue circles in the centre. The blue enamel has crystallised. Inside the circle in an empty cell, the enamel has presumably fallen out. Around the circle there is another empty cell, which may have been filled with red enamel. The border around the circle is curved inwards; there is also an incised line around the edge of the square. The surface is pitted and worn. On the reverse of the square head the fastener extends into a rectangular sectioned shank. The shank tapers outwards. The shank has a right-angled bend just behind the head. The shank is not decorated. The shank is then joined at the opposite end to a second square head. The design from the first head is repeated on the second. The cell inside the blue circle still retains the red enamel. Behind the head there is a rectangular loop, with a rounded section. The loop is rather worn and pitted. The entire surface is pitted, but much of the original surface remains intact. The original metal is a smooth, dark jade-green colour. The first (button) head measures 18.04mm x 17.6mm x 3.9mm. The second head (over the loop) measures 15.6mm x 14.02mm x 6.1mm.
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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