Record ID: DUR-E44F32
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap clasp with rotating end (called by Egan and Pritchard a 'folding strap clasp'). It has a square frame with a composite plate folded over the outer edge to form the rotating end, This has a small separate bar-mount attached with a small circular rivet. The frame has a narrowed outer bar where the rotating end sits, and a narrowed strap bar for the plate. The two sides of the frame each have two small mouldings, one at the top and one at the bottom. The plate consists of a rectangular sheet of copper alloy folded in half over the strap bar. It narrows slightly …
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Friday 23rd January 2015
Spatial data recorded.