https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/folding-strap-clasp-59164.html Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:08:48 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A composite single loop folding strap clasp consisting of frame and rotating closure. The frame is rectangular, formed from a sheet-metal strip and fitted with a separate spindle for the closure. The rotating closure is of sheet metal and is decorated with two incised saltires.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/folding-strap-clasp-with-plate-59105.html Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:28:19 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A single loop folding strap clasp with an incomplete integral spacer. The frame is sub-rectangular and has two casting spurs on each side. The integral spacer has lost its forked end, and the front and back plates, which would originally have been soldered to it, are now missing. Traces of solder, however, remain on the spacer. The rotating closure is also missing. For a more complete example of generally similar type, see UKDFD 35316.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/folding-strap-clasp-with-plate-58917.html Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:48:45 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A folding strap clasp with plate. The plate is rectangular and made of folded sheet metal. It is decorated on the front face with a circle of small perforations - four peripheral, one at the centre - all within an inscribed circle. The clasp frame is sub-rectangular and of the cast type. It retains a fragment of the sheet-metal closure on the outer end. The end of a leather strap survives within the plate, secured by a single rivet at the attachment end.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/folding-strap-clasp-with-plate-58819.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:13:38 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A composite single loop folding strap clasp with rotating closure and plate. The sheet-metal frame is rectangular and fitted with a separate spindle for the closure. The rotating closure is of sheet metal, with a bar mount secured to it by a single central copper-alloy rivet. The plate is rectangular and of folded sheet metal, the front and back sections of which have sprung apart. The front section is decorated with two incised saltires in conjoined rectangular frames. A rivet hole survives between the two saltires, but the extreme end of this section is damaged and incomplete. The back section is plain and retains the copper-alloy rivet that originally held the two sections together and secured a strap between them.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/strap-fitting-58518.html Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:18:05 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A copper-alloy strap fitting with openwork and relief-moulded decoration in the Romanesque style of the Norman and early Plantagenet period. The fitting is sub-rectangular with an open end to the left and an m-shaped loop to the right, the central limb of which projects inwards to the centre of the aperture. The openwork design depicts an uncertain long-tailed quadruped walking right, possibly with its head turned rearwards. The central limb of the m-shaped end has an uncertain moulding on the front (possibly a rudimentary animal's head) and a short sub-conical protrusion on the back. The fitting has four rivet holes, two in moulded bosses at the left end and two at the right. Three of the rivet holes retain copper-alloy rivets. The back of the fitting is plain. Note re Identification The m-shaped looped end and the asymmetry of the the object suggest that it might be an early single loop strap clasp. Later strap clasps with similar m-shaped loops, but with two internal projections rather than one, are illustrated in Ross Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' as Nos. 245-247. A variant of the Whitehead types with a single internal projection, and thus more comparable with the present object, is recorded as PAS-75D66D.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/folding-strap-clasp-58443.html Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:31:11 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A folding strap clasp with rotating closure attached. The frame is sub-rectangular with slightly convex sides. The rotating closure is formed from sheet and has a cast bar mount attached to it by a single central copper-alloy rivet. The strap plate is missing. The similar examples cited in References below were recovered from ceramic phases 9-12 (c.1270-c.1450).
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/folding-strap-clasp-58345.html Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:08:14 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A single loop folding strap clasp with rotating closure. The sheet-metal frame is rectangular and is fitted with a separate spindle for the closure. The rotating closure is of sheet-metal and is decorated with an incised saltire. The strap-plate is missing.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/strap-clasp-27199.html Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A ’king’s head’ type strap clasp of the medieval period. The exact purpose and method of fixing of these clasps is uncertain. Note re Dating The dating of this type of clasp to the 14th century is corroborated by MoL Dress Accessories, No. 568, which was recovered from ceramic phase 11 (circa 1350-1400)
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/strap-clasp-57569.html Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:07:58 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		A ’king’s head’ type strap clasp of the medieval period. The exact purpose and method of fixing of these clasps is uncertain. Note re Dating The dating of this type of clasp to the 14th century is corroborated by MoL Dress Accessories, No. 568, which was recovered from ceramic phase 11 (circa 1350-1400)
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/clasp-fasteners/folding-strap-clasp-with-plate-57100.html Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:50:34 GMT Clasp fasteners  

Description:		An incomplete rectangular folding strap clasp with plate attached. The surviving part of the clasp consists of the folded sheet strap bar and sides only. The drilled holes for the separate spindle are broken open, and the spindle and rotating closure are missing. The rectangular plate is also of folded sheet metal, and has a single copper-alloy rivet for strap attachment. It is decorated on the front face with three incised circles, each of which contains a quincunx of small perforations. The back is plain. See also UKDFD 6361 for similar decorative motif.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Clasp fasteners
Category:		Clasp fasteners

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