Description
Based on a mold in the Magdeburg stash of hundreds of 13th-century molds (before 1284).
This is a spectacularly beautiful clasp to use where it can really be seen. About an inch / 24mm high, it will add splendor to your clothing and draw the (envious) attention of all who behold you!
Product details: Magdeburg molds: Berger, Daniel. Magdeburger Gießformenfund – Herausragendes Zeugnis handwerklicher Zinngießer in einer mittelalterlichen Metropole. Halle: LADA Sachsen-Anhalt, 2020. Vol. 2. Molds 318 and 1075; Pl. 145; P. 351. Norfolk mold: untitled notice in Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. London: The Society of Antiquaries. Vol XIV, 1803. Description, p. 275 (https://archive.org/details/s2id13276720/page/n401/mode/2up). Plate XLVIII (https://archive.org/details/s2id13276720/page/272/mode/2up) Swedish examples: Stephan Krabath, Lothar Lambacher, Bernd Kluge; et al. Der Pritzwalker Silberfund: Schmuck des späten Mittelalters. Kunstgewerbemuseum, 2006. pp. 30 and 33, respectively.
Dimensions (H x W):
1 9/16 x 1 inches
39 x 24 mm
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