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Description: | A cast copper-alloy folding strap clasp of Medieval date. It has a trapezoidal frame that is rectangular in section and at its outer edge has a separately cast cylindrical bar. Hinging around the bar is the rotating, folding end, which is rectangular in form with a central circular rivet hole that holds in place a separately cast copper-alloy bar mount. The mount is rectangular in form with concave back face (underside) that gives it a curved profile, and is flanked by single transverse bands of rocker decoration on the front face of the folding end. The entire object measures 20.81mm in width, 15.39mm in length, 3.89mm in thickness, and 5.46g in weight. This is a folding strap clasp of Medieval date, c.14th century AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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