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Description: | A cast copper alloy clasp frame (without the folded plate)which has a stylized head facing fowards along the outside edge. There are numerous incised lines probably representing hair, below which are a pair of eyes formed by two holes under prominent ridged eyebrows. The eyes are also pronounced by two lines that run away to meet in a point. This could suggest that the face is laughing. A splayed nose runs between the eyes to what could be a smiling mouth. The frame is partly broken and becomes more narrow where the folded plate would have been attached at one end. The incomplete clasp frame is in good condition with a rich dark brown patina. All th facial features are particularly clear.
Parallels where faces are used on clasps can be dated from the 13th-15th centuries (Egan & Pritchard) | 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: | 1200
1499 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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