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CLASP
Unique ID: SUR-F68D58
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy rectangular clasp, 28.3mm in length, with projecting flat toggle and double concave borders to the plate. The front has incised or chased decoration in the form of scrollwork or floreate forms within a beaded border. There are incised petals around the base of the toggle projection. The reverse is undecorated but has a single hooked lug at the opposite end to the toggle.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.3 mm
Width: 15.4 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Moulsford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5883
Four figure Latitude: 51.54292534
Four figure longitude: -1.16504412
1:25K map: SU5883
1:10K map: SU58SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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