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Description: | Sheet copper alloy single sharp-hooked clasp with a central triangular plate. There are four tranverse grooves at the juncture between plate and hook. The clasp is missing its hook at one end, which would have hooked through the corresponding eye, and its connecting terminal at the other, which would have been sewn on to the fabric. This terminal was probably in the form of a single openwork loop, as there are no holes in the plate to sew it on to the fabric.With no attachment holes and no decoration to go on, it is difficult to date, but most likely was made in the early Post-medieval period.Read (2008) illustrates a similar early Post-medieval example on page 212, No.768.Read (2001) illustrates a similar hooked mount on page 42, Fig.25, No.365, which dates from the 17th century.
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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