Record ID: LVPL1490 - MEDIEVAL clasp

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CLASP

Unique ID: LVPL1490

Object type certainty: Certain

Strap clasp made of copper alloy, with folded rectangular plate and sub-rectangular frame. The outer edge of the frame is extended into the shape of an integral animal head with pierced eyes, decorated with incised horizontal lines and a single chevron. The top and bottom edges of the frame flare slightly towards the outer edge; the frame tapers slightly towards the plate. The folded plate is not recessed for the frame, and has an engraved St. Andrews cross and a vertical line to either side all within a rectangular frame. The engraving is slightly zig-zag as if the engraver has rocked the tool slightly to work it through the metal. Single copper-alloy rivet present. The precise way in which this clasp would have functioned is still obscure (Egan and Pritchard 1991). A similar example is recorded on the PAS database at LVPL1249.

Medieval, mid thirteenth to mid fifteenth century.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1450

Dimensions and weight

Length: 50 mm
Width: 16 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration style: Zoomorphic [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Craven
To be known as: NORTH YORKSHIRE CONISTONE WITH KILNSEY

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Undisturbed grassland [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mr Nick Herepath - [ view all attributed records]

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