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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy clothing fastening, dating from the post-Medieval period.The piece comprises a flat-sectioned plate, of truncated-oval form, with the remains of a rectangular frame extending from the flat base. A perforated drop-shaped lobe surmounts the plate, with two further such lobes projecting outwards from halfway down the right and left hand sides, respectively. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with a crudely executed flower design, comprised of a series of incised lines and punched arcs. A line of ring-and-dot punchmarks extends around the perimeter.Length: 37.7mm; width: 29.4mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 4.7g.This piece represents one half of Brian Read's Class A, Type 2 'hooked-clasp and eye' fittings. It would have operated in conjunction with an opposing, hooked, half. For parallels, see Read 2008: 171, nos. 641 - 644.
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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