Gilt copper-alloy, 6.76 grams, 37.47 mm. 5th-6th century AD. An Anglian wrist clasp of Hines's Form B20, its plate is dominated by the two Style I profile heads on the outer edges. The central motif is a plain panel with incised border, it rear edge formed with three triangular lobes. The front edge is decorated with a ribbed border with four larger ribbed panels. The 'eye' was lost in antiquity and some of the gilding is present. The two attachment lugs are partly present on the reverse. Wrist clasps were a long-lived fashion among Anglian women, used in pairs to close the cuffs of their long-sleeved shifts. The Style I heads and bold triangular panels recall the decoration of the s6th century word hilt from Snartemø (Norway). Reference: Hines, J. Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen: Anglo-Scandinavian Clasps of the Third to Sixth Centuries AD. Typology, Diffusion and Function. Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, 1993. Previously published in Bonhams Antiquities Catalogue, London, 28th October 2009. Very fine condition. Provenance: found in East Anglia in the 1970s.