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Description: | An incomplete part of a post-Medieval cast copper-alloy two-part toggle clasp (eye-section) of a Read Type 1 sword belt fitting (1500-1700). Read 2008: 208-209, refs: 753-755. Class: Read Early Post medieval toggle clasp type 1This part is the eye through which the toggle on the corresponding section would have fitted. The object is broadly rectangular and flat and the rectangular hole measures 12.7 x 6.4mm internally. At one end of the hole a transverse ridge is 5.6mm thick and beyond there is an incomplete iron rivet. At the opposite end the plate is curved in end profile. Close to this at one side there is a circular suspension loop.This fitting is greyish green and the break is old.Length: 28.5mm; overall width: 20.3mm; overall thickness: 5.6mm. Weight: 3.81g.Toggle clasps are closely associated with sword belts and scabbard fittings. Similar toggle clasps have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BUC-411196; DUR-FCC507; GLO-392D12; HAMP-049822; HAMP-58B2E4; IOW-55BCE1; SF-396C70; SWYOR-0423C1; WMID-5CB319; WILT-C2D930; WILT-F329E6; WMID-95A547 and WMID-B4F565.Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp-or Blunt-hooked clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Rings or Toggles. Portcullis Publishing: Langport, Somerset.
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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