CLASP

Unique ID: LANCUM-0BDCB1

Object type certainty: Certain

Cast cu-alloy stock clasp/belt clasp dating from the late post-medieval or early modern period, i.e. c. AD1600-1800. It is one half of a set of clasp, this one having a rectangular perforation instead of a hook. It is butterfly-wing-shaped with three rivets on the reverse, at the opposite end of the rectangular perforation, and a stamped decoration on the obverse. The stamped decoration is composed of circlet-filled ribbons. It could have possibly been a stock clasp that was attached to one side of a thick leather or horse-hair neck guard (military).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Length: 43.93 mm
Width: 19.69 mm
Thickness: 0.91 mm
Weight: 4.56 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North West
County: Cumbria
District: Barrow In Furness
To be known as: Ulverston

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th February 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Dot Boughton - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Dot Boughton - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: David Williams - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Wednesday 16th March 2011
    Updated: Friday 18th March 2011

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