Anglo-Saxon Bronze Wrist Clasp Pair

LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (10.16 grams total, 33 mm each).

Each a flat bronze plaque with two panels of horizontal ribbing dividing the upper face, a pair of ring-and-dot motifs to the outer panels and a single motif to the median, loop to the rear edge of each panel and pierced lug to the forward edge; Hines Form B12. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK.
Property of a Durham private collector.

Literature

See Hines, J., Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen, Stockholm, 1993, p.47.

Footnotes

The two clasp-halves are from the same suite but are not a pair - the corresponding half would be similar but with a hook to engage with and fasten the pierced lug.

CONDITION

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