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Description: | Copper-alloy button-and-loop fastener of Wild's Class III, the tear-drop or petal-shaped fastener. It has a chunky circular loop which measures 15 mm in external diameter and has a cross-section diameter of 4 mm. The perforation is partially blocked with either a casting flaw or corrosion products. The loop tapers into a shaft which then turns through right angles and meets the 'button', which is teardrop-shaped. In the centre of the button are two narrow raised rings enclosing a central dot, which retains some pale blue enamel, and a surrounding narrow ring. An outer wider ring is in turn surrounded by a thick outer border; neither of the two rings retain any enamel. The outer border is extended into a point, and the metal thickens smoothly in a concave curve towards a longitudinal ridge running towards the point. The reverse of the button is flat and there is a groove running around the side close to its angle with the reverse. Button-and-loop fasteners could possibly have been clothing fasteners or, alternatively, harness fittings. This type dates to the later first or second century AD. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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