Record ID: SF-260945
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Dress fastener of the type known as a 'cloak-clasp'. It is made of copper alloy with traces of a yellow-metal coating, and has an oval plate decorated with a relief lion's head. When held so that the lion's head is upright, the long axis of the oval is vertical. There is a rectangular loop to the right and a circular loop to the left; the circular loop is perpendicular to the rest of the object. The rectangular loop would have been sewn to one side of the garment, and an identical piece would have been sewn to the other side. One side would have had a short chain ending in a hook,…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.