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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy wrist clasp of early-medieval date. Clasps such as this were made in two pieces - a hook and an eye. This example is only the hook part. The clasp is formed from a rectangular plate of copper alloy with three raised square sections on one face, one at either end and one placed centrally. Traces of silvering survive on each of the squares. The area between these square elements is decorated with a series of three horizontal incised lines. From one of the long edges the wide but short hook extends curving backwards. The opposite edge bears the remains of three attachment loops by which the clasp would have been sown to the sleeve. These are now largely missing and the breaks are worn. The reverse of the clasp is flat and undecorated.The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and is worn. The clasp is 29.7mm long, 11.7mm wide, 2.2mm thick and weighs 2.8g.Wrist clasps of this type date to the 6th-7th Century. Similar clasps can be seen in EAA report 84, p245.
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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