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Description: | A copper alloy post-medieval eye section from a two-part toggle clasp (Read Type 2), from a sword belt (AD c.1500-c.1700). Overall, it measures 50.1mm in length, 26.6mm wide and 5.9mm thick. It weighs 11.77g.This part is the rectangular eye through which the toggle on the corresponding section would have fitted. The eye is attached to an integral plate with an openwork circle at the centre and a rivet hole at each end, which both contain iron residue from iron rivets. The side edges have trifoliate and pointed knops. The edge of the attachment end is cabled. There is also a cabled collar at each end of the rectangular eye. The cabled collar at the end of the object is formed by an arched bar. There are two circular suspension loops on one of the side edges, one halfway along the object and the other (a smaller one) at the eye end.The object is mostly flat, though with slightly chamfered edges, and has a thickness of 2.5mm (5.9mm including the arched cabled collar).A similar fitting is illustrated in Read (2008) p. 209, no. 756. Toggle clasps are closely associated with sword belts and scabbard fittings.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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