16th century AD. A female silver clasp comprising an expanding rectangular forward edge with a central square slot, the rear edge is a bar from which three roundels develop, with beaded outer edges, remains of two attachment pins to the reverse. See cast openwork eyes in Read, B. Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008, p.108, 207. 3 grams, 23mm (1"). From an old English collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.