Bronze items including fastener

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Date:1922 - 1923 (c.)

Description:The pair of bronze fasteners (right) would have used to close the wrist openings of a long-sleeved under-dress. Both pairs found at Bidford were in female graves.

6th Century A.D.
Left: 44mm
Right: 35mm
1922/23 excavations (Grave 187)

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Donor ref:SBT 1923-8 (52/11672)

Source: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Museums Department

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