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Description: | Medieval copper alloy strap clasp comprising the frame with integral spacer, strap plates and part of the clasp. The frame has slightly convex sides and recessed straight ends, with a transverse ridge near each corner on the outer face of the sides. The outer edge of the frame retains a folding (or rotating) sheet clasp in situ. It is wrapped 270 degrees around the bar and about 25% remains, the outer edge is missing to an old break. On the top of the clasp, level with the broken end, is a flat oval mount decorated with five incised radiating lines, held in place by a separate circular sectioned copper alloy rivet. From the opposite end of the frame projects an integral forked spacer. The spacer is thinner than the frame and has a rectangular base and two pointed forks, tapering towards the outer ends. Over the forked spacer fit two copper alloy sheet strap plates. The plates are roughly rectangular with a concave outer end. They are joined at the outer end by a separate copper alloy rivet and were probably soldered to the forked spacer. It is 34.3mm in total long, 9.4mm wide and 4.2mm thick, it weighs 2.95 grams.A similar clasp is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 119; fig. 78) dated to the late 14th to early 15th centuries. SWYOR-7ED1E6 on this database is also similar.
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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