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Description: | One complete half of a Post-Medieval (1500-1700) tinned copper alloy two-part toggle clasp from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date. It measures 45.35x18.29x5.38mm and weighs 6.85g.This part is the eye through which the toggle on the corresponding section would have fitted. The object is largely flat, though with slightly chamfered edges, and has a thickness of 1.90mm (although the curving transverse bar at one end has a thickness of 2.21mm).The plate has a large central hole 6.99mm in diameter emphasised on the upper and lower edges by trefoil knops with deep cusps on each side. There are two rivet holes, one at each side of the central hole, c.2mm in diameter. This area is cusped to either side. At either end is a transverse rib of ropework (diagonal grooves). Beyond one is the open rectangular eye with a curved end-section, also decorated with ropework. To one side of the eye is a circular suspension loop, 8.64mm in diameter with a 3.89mm diameter central hole. There are traces of tinning to the front. Similar fittings are illustrated in Read (2008) p. 208-9, nos. 753-5. Toggle clasps are closely associated with sword belts and scabbard fittings.
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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