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Description: | A cast copper-alloy folding strap clasp of Medieval date. It has a rectangular frame that is rectangular in section with offset and narrowed bar and narrowed outer edge. Hinging around the outer edge is a separate copper-alloy folding end that is flat, retangular in form and decorated on its front face with a transverse row of incised lozenge shaped motifs. Hinging around the bar is a separate copepr-alloy attachment plate. This is formed from a rectangular sheet of copper-alloy folded to create an upper and lower plate of equal size. It has rectangular frame recesses and a single central rivet hole at the attachment end that retains a separately cast copper-alloy rivet with flattened heads. The entire object measures 12.54mm in width, 26.60mm in length, 3.82mm in thickness, and 2.58g in weight.This is a folding strap clasp of Medieval date. It finds close parallels in examples published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 564-566) and is of c.14th century AD date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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