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Description: | A cast copper alloy toggle clasp, dating to the 16th / 17th century. The mount is triangular in form with two open circles cut out from each long side at the top and bottom. There is a three-pronged crown design on each side between these open circles, with a central circular hole between for decoration. There is one rivet hole towards the base of the clasp, the base is crenellated while the peak has a rounded knop which would have slotted into a clasp attachment, now missing. The clasp would have been one of two opposite each other with a clasp attachment in the centre of the two. An identical clasp is featured in Read (2008:208-209), figs 753 & 757. These clasp are thought to have adorned sword belts or similar. A larger example of this fitting was found close by (BERK-621BE7), although it is unclear, and due to the larger size unlikely that they were part of the same clasp, although they could have adorned the same belt.
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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