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Description: | One complete half of a Post Medieval cast copper alloy sword-belt toggle clasp. Toggle clasps have two sections which lock together, one with an eye and the other with a toggle-bar; this artefact is the section with an eye. The eye is a rectangular open slot with a circular attachement loop on one side. The short ends of the slot are stepped forward and have traces of moulded foliate decoration. The plate is attached to one end of the slot. It is flat and initially curves outwards into an oval section before curving in to form a waist then expanding again into an oval terminal. The front is decorated with moulded foliate decoration and there are two rivet holes one in the centre of each expansion. The hole closest to the slot is filled with the corroded remains of an iron rivet.It is 42.3mm long, 20.7mm wide and 4.4mm thick. It weighs 4.88 grams. It is very similar to the example illustrated in Read (2008), p.210, ref. 762 which he categorises as Early Post Medieval Type 6 and suggests is 16th century in date.
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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