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Description: | A post-Medieval copper-alloy clothing fastening.The piece consists of a roughly lozenge-shaped plate with concave sides. A relief-moulded flowerhead design decorates the upper surface of the plate, whose raised sides, at the centre, extend into two opposing pairs of swirls. Part of a perforated lug projects ouwards from one end, whereas the opposite end has two such lugs flanking the remains of the frame.Length (distorted): 30.7mm; width: 23.3mm; thickness: 2.6mm; weight: 5.34g.Parallels for this object are illustrated by Read (2008: 179, nos. 683 - 685). An eyed fitting of this form would have operated in conjunction with an opposing hooked piece, creating a clasp.
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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