Copper-alloy, 7.27 grams, 37.95 mm. 5th-6th century AD. An Anglian wrist clasp of Hines's Form B20, its plate pierced for attachment to the cuff of a female's shift. The plate has a serrated back edge of expanding profile, a vertical bar and three rectangular raised panels. The catchplate is complete and the perforation shows signs of wear; unusually, the perforation is placed in a plate extension running the full length of the clasp. The piece is undecorated. Wrist clasps were a long-lived fashion among Anglian women, used in pairs to close the cuffs of their long-sleeved shifts. 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, p.64-5. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found Cambridgeshire, England.