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Description: | One part of a Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy two-part toggle clasp (eye-section) of Read Type 1, from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date.This part is the rectangular eye through which the toggle on the corresponding section would have fitted. The eye is connected to an integral body with an openwork circle at the centre, flanked by sides shaped into three points on the other edge. The circle is between two expanded ends, each with a rivet hole containing iron corrosion through the centre. The end of the body closest to the eye has slightly curved pointed sides while the terminal at the opposote end of the entire piece from the eye has bifucated edges and a transverse groove running across it. The body is delineated from the eye by a raised bar. There is a raised arched bar at the other end of the eye. Both raised bars have ropework decoration on the front. Also attached to one side of the eye, near the arched bar, is a circular suspension loop.Similar fittings are illustrated in Read (2008: 208-9), nos. 753-5. Toggle clasps are closely associated with sword belts and scabbard fittings.
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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