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Description: | A complete copper-alloy single-looped folding clasp of medieval date with sheet roller and plate. The frame is rectangular with a sheet roller wrapped around the recessed outer edge of the frame, attached to the outer edge of the sheet plate is a mount attached with a single copper-alloy rivet. The outer frame is slightly curved and decorated with two horizontal ridges, located just above the recessed and narrowed bars for the plate and roller. The damaged plate is sub rectangular in plan, it is formed of a single sheet of copper allow wrapped around the recessed and narrowed frame.The clasp is 41.4mm in length, 15.85mm wide, 4.85mm thick and weighs 5.31 grams.Similar clasps are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991), p. 118 no 553 and 554-559.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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