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Description: | An incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener (c. 1600-c. 1700 AD). This is one of two similar objects that would have been used together to join straps or clothing. The other object would have terminated with a hook. The clasp is mainly oval in plan and has a perforated knop, centrally placed, at the attachment end, with smaller knops either side. There are two smaller solid knops mid-way along the length of the fitting, one at each side, with two pierced attachment holes adjacent to each of these knops. At the opposite end there are the attachments for a central sub-rectangular loop which is missing. The upper surface is slightly convex and has a raised cast decoration ncluding lines and curves. The lower plain surface is convex and corroded. The object is 33mm long, 25mm wide, 2mm thick and weighs 4.32g. Reads Class A, Type 8. B Read, 2008, Pg. 176, No. 666.
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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