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Description: | One complete half of a Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy two-part toggle clasp (hook-section) of Read Type 1, from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date. It measures 42.87x17.38x(max)4.65mm and weighs 5.86g. It is curving in profile.
This part of the toggle clasp is the section with a bar which would have fitted through an eye on the corresponding section. The object is largely flat in cross-section, though with slightly chamfered edges, and has a thickness of 1.79mm (although the transverse bar at one end has a thickness of 4.65mm). The plate has a large central hole 6.69mm in diameter emphasised by trefoil knops with deep cusps on each side. There are two rivet holes, one at each side of the central hole, c.2mm in diameter. Both retain traces of iron corrosion. This area also is cusped to either side. At one end there is a narrow extension upon which the transverse toggle is situated (15.35mm wide), while the edge of the opposite end is decorated with diagonal ribs in a ropework design. Traces of tinning (or silvering) are apparent on the upper face.Similar fittings are illustrated in Read (2008) p. 208-9, no. 753 (complete with 'eye' section) and 754 ('Early post-medieval unclassified toggle-clasps'). Toggle clasps are closely associated with sword belts and scabbard fittings.
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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