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Description: | One nearly complete half of a Post Medieval cast copper alloy two-part sword-belt toggle clasp. Toggle clasps have two sections which lock together, one with an eye and the other with a toggle-bar; this artefact is the section with an eye. The eye is a rectangular open slot with a circular attachement loop on one side, now partly missing to an old break. The short ends of the slot are stepped forward and have traces of moulded foliate decoration. The plate is attached to one end of the slot. It is flat and initially curves outwards into an oval section before curving in to form a waist then expanding again into an oval terminal. The front is decorated with moulded foliate decoration in the form known as 'vine scroll'. There are two rivet holes one in the centre of each expansion. The hole further from the slot is filled with the corroded remains of an iron rivet. There are traces of a black coating in the indents in the design. It is 43.2mm long, 12.9mm wide, 16.3mm including the side loop and 4.1mm thick. It weighs 4.62 grams. It appears identical to an example illustrated in Read (2008), p.210, ref. 762 which he categorises as Early Post Medieval Type 6 and suggests is 16th century in date.
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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