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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1983.141.1 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name cuff fastener, wrist clasp Description pair of copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cuff fasteners. Each of the fasteners is roughly rectangular. The complete fastener has two semi-circular protrusions, one from each long side of the rectangle, one of which is heavily corroded over a rivet and the other has a hole pierced through it. There are two lines of ring and dot decoration along the rectangle, with 5 dots on each side. The fastener that is in two pieces has three semi-circular protrusions from one long side of the rectangle, each with a pierced hole through them. The rectangle is again decorated with two lines of ring and dot ornament, but a missing piece means that for this piece, there is 5 dots on one side and 4 on the other. There is green and orange patination on both fastener. Material copper Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1983.141.1
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

cuff fastener, wrist clasp
Description

pair of copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cuff fasteners. Each of the fasteners is roughly rectangular. The complete fastener has two semi-circular protrusions, one from each long side of the rectangle, one of which is heavily corroded over a rivet and the other has a hole pierced through it. There are two lines of ring and dot decoration along the rectangle, with 5 dots on each side. The fastener that is in two pieces has three semi-circular protrusions from one long side of the rectangle, each with a pierced hole through them. The rectangle is again decorated with two lines of ring and dot ornament, but a missing piece means that for this piece, there is 5 dots on one side and 4 on the other. There is green and orange patination on both fastener.
Material

copper

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