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Description: | One half of a Post Medieval two-part cast copper-alloy toggle clasp, possibly from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date. This part is the section with a bar which would have fitted through an eye on the other section. The main flat plate has a central circular aperture flanked on either side by a three projecting triangular knops, the central knop is one larger. Immediately to each side of this section is a narrower 'waisted' section. The waist towards the attachment end has the rusted remains of an iron rivet in a rivet hole in the centre. The attachment end is straight with an incised line running parallel to and just within the edge, the line ends in triangular indents at the sides, between the incised line and the edge are incised diagonal lines echoing 'rope-work'.At the opposite side of the main circular aperture beyond the waist the piece widens again into a plain circle with pairs of knops projecting to each side and an off centre circular rivet hole through it. Beyond this smaller circle is an extending rectangular arm which creates the terminal. This has an integral transverse bar set on top of it, at a higher level than the main plate, this is the toggle.It measures 42.7mm in length, 17.5mm in width, 1.9mm in thickness at the plate and 4.8mm at the toggle bar and weighs 5.53g.Similar fittings are illustrated in Read (2008) p.208-9, no.753 (complete with 'eye' section) and 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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