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Description: | A complete sheet copper alloy plate from a clasp, of Medieval dating (AD 1350 to AD 1450).The find consists of a folded sheet of copper alloy metal, with five surviving copper alloy rivets. The clasp plate is sub rectangular in plan, and irregular in cross section. The left hand exhibits a fold in the metal, which would have originally gone round the strap bar of the clasp. No pin slot is present, therefore indicating that this was a plate for a strap clasp as opposed to a buckle. No signs of decoration on are present on the front of the plate. The back plate has two inscribed lines as decoration, one along the top edge, one along the bottom. Remains of the leather or cloth strap are still present between the front and back plates.The plate has five holes present in the upper surface, one in each corner and a central one, all still containing copper alloy rivets with a domed head (diameter varies between 3.0 mm and 4.0 mm). The central rivet has been located slightly off centre. The clasp plate measures 32.4 mm in length, 15.7 mm wide and 6.2 mm thick. The sheet metal is 1.0 mm thick. It weighs 6.0 g.The clasp plate is a mid brown to mid green colour, with an even surface patina.Clasp plates of this style generally date from the Late Medieval Period (c.1350 to c. 1450 AD) and would have been attached to a folding strap 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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