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Description: | Incomplete medieval copper alloy folding strap clasp with composite trapezoidal frame, folding end with rocker-arm engraving flanking a strip of solder that once secured a missing bar-mount, and sheet plate with single rivet, frame recesses, and engraved decoration, a double-line zig-zag with longitudinal dashes in the angles, all surrounded by rocker-arm. With the frame to the right the zig-zag / dash elements might be read as AAA. The use of solder to attach a bar-mount is not normal, and clasps with composite frames are rarely accompanied by folding ends with bar-mounts. Overall length 38.5mm. Frame 13.5 x 13.5 - 11.5mm. Plate 27 x 10 - 9.5mm. c.1350 - c.1450.
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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