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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy frame from a folding strap clasp. The frame is rectangular with slightly outwardly bowed sides which are rectangular in cross section. The strap bar is narrowed and the outer edge is also narrowed and oval in cross section with lobed knops at either end to hold the folding clasp. It is 16.4mm long, 15.6mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 1.78 grams.Egan and Pritchard (1991) illustrate a range of similar clasps on page 118 (fig 77) including No.552 which has also lost its folding clasp. They date them to to late 13th to early 15th century based on the excavated examples (ibid p.116).
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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