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Description: | A fragment from a cast copper-alloy post-medieval toggle-clasp. The fragment is ostensibly flat, but now has a shallow curve in profile, perhaps as a result of post-depositional damage. It features a rectangular terminal (W.: 17.6mm) with cusped ends and a transverse median groove. There are diagonal incisions probably decorating the half above the groove with a cabled (ropework) design. At the base of the terminal element is a central attachment perforation that retains the orange/brown corroded remains of an iron rivet. Below the terminal the mount incurves to a waist (W.: 7.7mm). Below is a large circular openwork hole (Dia.: 6.6mm) either side of which the mount expands to a max. width of 17.5mm. These expanded sides both have trilobed outer edges. Below is a further waist (W.: 7.3mm) before a further expansion around a rivet hole. The artefact has broken at the point of this second rivet hole, evidently a weak point to judge by comparable fragments (e.g. NMS-5E1C26 on this database). The outer edge on the upper surface is slightly bevelled; the lower surface is completely flat. Complete eye and toggle sections from similar clasps can be found illustrated in Read (2008, 208-209; refs. 753-755). The artefact has corroded to a dark green colour with areas of overlying corrosion product.
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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