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Description: | The hook section of a cast, copper alloy Anglo-Saxon sleeve or wrist clasp, probably dating from 500 - 800AD. It is rectangular in shape with a shallow notch near each end of the long sides, giving the ends a slightly flared appearance. The edge with sewing holes also has two V-shaped notches towards the centre. There is a moulded design, separated into three parts by two shallow transverse grooves: the central part is rectangular; the outer portions of the design are too worn to be deciphered but appear to have once been animal heads. The side with two sewing holes in it, near the V shaped notches, is also moulded possible with zoomorphic decoration, but again is too worn to be clear. There is a tab projection from the centre of the side opposite the sewing holes which is now broiken but which would have extended into a wide hook. The clasp has a light green patina. It is 37.8mm long, 16.4mm wide and 5.06mm thick. It weighs 6.82gm.
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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