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Description: | One complete half of a Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy two-part toggle clasp (eye-section) of Read Type 1, from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date. It measures 45.83x20.16x5.35mm and weighs 6.08g.This part is the eye through which the toggle on the corresponding section would have fitted. The object is mostly flat, though with slightly chamfered edges, and has a thickness of 2.01mm (although the curving transverse bar at one end has a thickness of 2.16mm).The plate has a large central hole 6.24mm 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.3mm in diameter. Both carry traces of iron corrosion. This area is cusped to either side. At either end is a transverse rib of worn 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, 7.78mm in diameter with a 4.67mm diameter central hole.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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