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Description: | An incomplete and worn copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon sleeve or wrist clasp catch piece of Hines Class B form 18b, which are dated to circa the first half of the 6th century, other examples of this form are known from Barrington, Cambs and Coddenham, Suffolk (Hines 1993, 59-60, fig 112).This example, as others of form B18, consists of a bar with a row of cojoined knobs along the rear edge. In this case the example can be further classified as type B18b as the cojoined knobs along the rear edge take the form of roundels. There are five roundels with a sewing hole projecting from between the last two roundels at either end of the bar, one of which is incomplete. The front face of this catchpiece is decorated with gilding and each roundel with a worn incised quatrefoil. The inner edge is also decorated with a longitudinal row of stamped crescent shaped motifs. The catch element projects from the centre of the inner edge and has a rectangular knob projecting from the centre of its front face and an incomplete catch projecting from its back face. The back face is flat and undecorated.This sleeve clasp measures 35.75mm in length and 14.53mm in width.
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