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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy strap fitting or mount (c. 1500-c. 1700).This is the toggle (male component) of a Read Type 7 two-piece clasp.This mount is convex at the front and largely concave at the rear. In plan, it is oval at the centre. At one end there is a double parallel transverse ridge and the other end has a single ridge. Beyond the single ridge is a rounded terminal with a pointed knop. The rounded part is pierced to accommodate an iron rivet, part of which survives. Adjacent to the double ridge, on the oval central part, there is a similar rivet. Beyond the double ridge there is a narrow neck with a circular terminal. This terminal is flat at the front and has a raised longitudinal off-centre ridge at the rear.This mount is corroded and has light green corrosion products at the front and rear.Length: 48.15mm; width: 13.23mm; thickness: 4.10mm; diameter of toggle: 10.37mm. Weight: 5.62g.A similar mount from South Somerset has been illustrated (Read 2008: 210, ref: 763).Similar examples have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: HAMP-AF13D1; HAMP-730E97; IOW-A4C3A4; LVPL-2FEFB2; SF-3BE413; SWYOR-1E24B7 and SWYOR-46CEF2.
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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