Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for Z 16254[.1-3]: 'One pair of wrist clasps.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Hollingworth, Edith Joan, and Maureen M. O'Reilly. (1925). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Event Date 1925
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for Z 16254[.1-3]: 'Five pieces of metal found - two pieces are similar to each other, and may be part of a ?belt fitting or ?buckle. Two pieces may be a set of wrist clasps, with the final piece of metal a decorative strip which has?become detached from the wrist clasps.'
Event Date 29/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Pair of copper alloy wrist clasps (A-B) made from sheet metal with applied cast bar, now separated; second applied cast bar missing. The cast bar is decorated with four square bosses, between which are four transverse grooved lines; previously applied close to the catch or hook. The rear edge of the hook-piece (A) has three semicircular projections, each pierced with a round sewing hole, interspersed with two triangular points; the hook is missing. The rear edge of the catch-piece (B) is identical, but one of the semicircular projections is broken and missing; front edge bows outward and contains the long, narrow catch.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe