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Description: | A fragment of the toggle-end of an early Post Medieval cast copper alloy toggle-clasp, probably dating to c. 16th-c.17th century AD. The toggle-end fragment consists of a raised and protruding toggle bar at one end, followed by a plate decorated with moulded relief including symmetrically cast bifurcated knops on both sides of a small circular rivet hole. The toggle-end fragment ends abrubtly in an old break through the middle of its open work and moulded relief decoration. It measures 21.9 mm long, 15 mm wide, 4.3 mm thick, and weighs 3.03 grams.In related examples, the complete toggle-end plate would have continued with a larger central circular hole and another circular rivet hole at the opposite end, with symmetrically arranged trefoil knops at the central hole and another set of decorated bifurcate knops at the segment's end. This piece would have fit into the second half of the toggle-clasp which would have been nearly identical, save for the functional end that clasped the raised toggle bar with a cabled collar and other potential elements like a circular suspension hoop (cf. Read 2008, p208, No. 753). These types of toggle-claps would have been riveted to a leather or textile strap (Read 2008, p208). Read has identified this type as an 'Early post-medieval, Type 1' toggle-clasp, although he mentions that 'insufficient information precludes attempting a classification...' (Read 2008, p208). Cf. particularly Read 2008, p209, No. 754.
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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