Record ID: DOR-A997D7
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy folding strap clasp. A rectangular frame with slightly convex sides and a ridge near each corner. There is a rectangular folding end at the outer edge of the frame (the frame has been narrowed to accomodate it). This has a separate, solid, bar mount attached by a single rivet. The edges of the bar mount are bevelled. At the other side is a folded sheet metal plate for attachment to a strap. This is recessed for the frame and has been pinched in behind it. The plate is rectangular and has a single rivet at the centre of the distal end. The front of the plate is decorated w…
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
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Record ID: DOR-A9CE67
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy folding strap clasp. A rectangular frame with slightly convex sides and a ridge near each corner. There is a rectangular folding end (with a scalloped edge) at the outer edge of the frame (the frame has been narrowed to accommodate it). This has an area of discolouration where a separate bar mount would have been attached. At the other side is a folded sheet metal plate for attachment to a strap. This is recessed for the frame and has been pinched in behind it. The plate is rectangular and tapers slightly towards the distal end. There is a single small copper alloy rivet …
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
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Record ID: DOR-A9F9E4
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy folding strap clasp. A rectangular frame with slightly convex sides and a ridge near each corner. There is a rectangular folding end at the outer edge of the frame (the frame has been narrowed to accommodate it). This has an oval bar mount with bevelled edges attached to it by a single central rivet. At the other side is a folded sheet metal plate for attachment to a strap. This is recessed for the frame and has been pinched in behind it. The plate is rectangular and tapers slightly towards the distal end. There is a single small copper alloy rivet in the centre of the di…
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
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Record ID: DOR-AA1CB6
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy folding strap clasp. A rectangular frame with slightly convex sides and a ridge near each corner. The folding end is missing from the outer edge. At the other side is a folded sheet metal plate for attachment to a strap. This is recessed for the frame and has been pinched in behind it. The plate is rectangular and tapers slightly towards the distal end. There is a single small rivet hole in the centre of the distal edge. Reference: Egan, G and Pritchard, F, 1991, Dress Accessories, p 116 -118, 555 but missing folding end. Date: Medieval - c. 1275 - 1450 Dimensions: 30.74 …
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
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Record ID: DOR-AA3B93
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy folding strap clasp. An incomplete rectangular frame with slightly convex sides and a ridge near each corner. The folding end is missing because the the outer edge of the frame has been broken off. At the other side is a folded sheet metal plate for attachment to a strap. This is recessed for the frame and has been pinched in behind it. The plate is rectangular and tapers slightly towards the distal end. There is a single small rivet in the centre of the distal edge of the plate. Reference: Egan, G and Pritchard, F, 1991, Dress Accessories, p 116 -118, 555 but missing fol…
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2019
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Record ID: DOR-AA65A1
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy folding strap clasp. An incomplete rectangular frame with slightly convex sides and a ridge near each corner. The folding end has been broken off leaving only a stub of sheet metal curled around the outer edge of the frame. At the other side is a fragment of folded sheet metal plate for attachment to a strap. This is recessed for the frame and has been pinched in behind it. Reference: Egan, G and Pritchard, F, 1991, Dress Accessories, p 116 -118, Date: Medieval - c. 1275 - 1450 Dimensions: 19.24 mm x 11.74 mm x 3.19 mm. Weight: 1.06 g
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F38FD5
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy folding strap-clasp. The frame is sub-rectangular in plan, with bowed horizontal sides, at either end of each of which there is a transverse ridge. Both vertical bars are of circular cross section and are offset from the rest of the frame. The plate has been folded around the axis bar, creating two rectangular sides.There are two opposing rivet holes at the non-frame end of the plates. Length: 32.7mm; width: 16mm; thickness: 2.5mm. Weight: 2.441g. Several examples of folding strap-clasps have been found in excavations in London, in layers dating from t…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-22CDE5
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy folding strap clasp. Rectangular frame with slightly convex sides and a ridge near each corner. There is a folding end at the outer edge of the frame. This has a separate, solid, bar mount attached by a single rivet.The bar mount is bevelled. At the other side is a folded sheet metal plate which is recessed for the frame and has been pinched in behind it. The plate tapers away from the frame and has a single rivet at the centre of the distal end. It has bevelled edges and is undecorated. Dimensions; 39.01 mm (end folded)/42.89 mm (end unfolded) x 13.39 mm x 4.84 mm. Weigh…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
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Record ID: SOMDOR-C0F735
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap clasp of probable 14th century date. The clasp measures 27.5mm by 14.2mm by 4.2mm and weighs 3.27g. It is similar to folding examples but has no rotating end. The clasp consists of a rectangular loop, the outside edge of which is moulded to resemble a crown with a central trefoil, a knop on each side and a small round hole between the central and side knops. The back of the outside edge is hollow. At the other end the frame appears to be recessed for a (missing) plate. The clasp is of similar form to no. 568 in Egan and Pritchard's 'Dress Accessories' (1990, …
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-963AF2
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy clasp dating from the late 14th century. The object comprises a broken circular loop attached to a rectangular strap end with a slight constriction between the two elements. The strap end is ornamented with a cord decoration comprising three parallel cords running along the length of the strap end. The whole object has a tin coating. It is similar to a clasp recovered from the Baynard Castle Dock site, London in 1972 (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, 120-1, no.572). Although that example was made of iron, it was dated to 1350-1400 AD.
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D17DC7
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval frame, from a folding strap clasp. It consists of the outside edge with integrally cast ?mitred head, and incomplete and fragmentary arms of the frame. The axis bar does not survive. In profile, the basic frame is [-shaped, with file marks on the reverse. The moulded head adds a triangular dimension to the long side of the [. The face is oval and cut off just over half way by the slanting lines of the mitre, both rising from the outside edge to the middle where they meet. Above this is a 1mm wide rim before a 7mm long rib runs perpendicular to it,…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2004
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimbourne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2630A5
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A incomplete copper-alloy folding strap clasp from the Medieval period, dating to circa 1270-1400. The frame is sub-rectangular with slightly convex sides. Both bars are narrowed and inset. The short rotating plate usually seen on the outer bar is missing. Folded around the opposite bar is a separate, incomplete sheet metal plate which has lost most of one leaf; the other leaf has a single rivet hole and retains a fragment of the copper-alloy attachment rivet. The clasp has a dark green patina with some soil adhering. Length of frame:13.71 mm. Width:11.63 mm. Thickness: 2.27 mm. Plat…
Created on: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-70380D
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet metal hooked clog clasp of post-Medieval date. The piece consists of a rectangular plate with a central column of three rectangular apertures. The edges of the plate have been 'toothed' and there is a broad rearward hook at either end.
Created on: Saturday 26th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-48F4D8
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval folding strap clasp consisting of a frame or loop with a folding sheet metal closure wrapped around the outer edge of the frame. A bar mount is attached with a single rivet. It is a sub rectangular frame 13.73mm from the bar to which the plate is attached to the outer edge, 12.26mm in width. There is slight narrowing of the frame towards the plate and the outer and inner bars are thinner than the sides of the frame, but no rivets can be seen, it appears to have been cast as a whole. The buckle plate is also sub rectangular, a sheet of metal wrapped around the…
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: DOR-0CCA93
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy folding strap clasp. A simple frame with convex sides, a ridge at each corner and an off set bar. Attached to the outer edge is a tinned folding plate (hooked around the edge). in the middle of the plate is a circular rivet possibly from a missing bar mount. The missing bar mount is further indicated by a void in the tinning of the plate in the form of a rectangle. The frames often have a separately applied plate attached to the off-set bar, but this is missing. Reference: Egan G and Pritchard F, 1993, Dress Accessories p 116 - 119, no.569 Date: Medieval - c. 1300 - 1…
Created on: Monday 10th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-543204
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A incomplete cast and sheet metal copper-alloy strap clasp from the medieval period, circa AD 1300-1400. The clasp is rectangular, with a projecting front and a incomplete folded copper-alloy attachment plate. The plate has two crudely engraved transverse grooves on a slight slant, possibly decorative, and the remains of a single central rivet hole at the far end. The front of the frame is animal-like, or possibly anthropomorphic, represented by angled linear grooves for the flatter muzzle and horizontal lines for the eyes on a thicker brow area. The rectangular sides of the frame …
Created on: Sunday 25th January 2015
Last updated: Sunday 15th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-631738
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy strap clasp dating to the medieval period, circa 1270-1450 AD. The cast frame is rectangular, with top and bottom edges slightly outcurved and each decorated with a transverse ridge near either end. It has a narrowed and offset bar to either end. One has a rotating closure consisting of a T-shaped plate with a D-section rectangular bar mount attached with a single copper-alloy rivet. The copper-alloy attachment plate is folded around the other bar, and is secured by a single copper-alloy rivet. There is no evidence of decoration or tinning. Length: 38.85 mm. Width: 13.3…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-930285
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy toggle clasp. It has a tapering form with a curvilinear outline. The wider end is straight and the tapered end is rounded into a raised, domed knop. The object is plano-convex in cross section. At the mid point there is openwork decoration in the form of a central circular aperture flanked by three small decorative 'wings' on each side. There is a a second smaller aperture, a rivet hole, at the wider end. Reference: Read 2008, no 757, p. 209. Date: Post-Medieval - 1500-1700 AD. Dimensions:27.89mm long x 12.06mm wide x 3.13mm thick Weight: 2.05 g.…
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-566794
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy single loop clasp, missing its strap bar and plate at one end, with a moulded zoomorphic decoration at the other end, the head of a mystical beast, possibly a griffin. The head is in high relief and has fine detailing, with pointed ears, holes for eyes which may once have had a decorative infill, a protruding snout, a band of diagonal grooves above the eyes and grooves radiating from either side of the snout, which probably represents the animal's pelt. In plan the clasp is rectangular, and in profile the animal's head is curved over as if to fit over anot…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
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Record ID: DOR-733B2C
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, three-part strap clasp comprising a frame, plate and clasp. The frame has slightly convex sides and recessed straight ends, with a transverse ridge near each corner on the outer face of the sides. The outer edge of the frame retains a folding (or rotating) sheet clasp in situ. It is wrapped around the outer edge. On the top of the clasp, level with the broken end, is a simple rectangular bar mount with D-shaped cross section, held in place by a single separate, circular sectioned copper alloy rivet. Folded around the opposite side of the frame is a rectangular sheet m…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2019
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