I REALLY hope this is what I think it is !

[Romanick]

Over to you guys ?

[Chef Geoff]

Is the "tube" hollow i.e. a hinge ?

[Romanick]

Is the "tube" hollow i.e. a hinge ?

It certainly is Geoff !

[handyman [Alan}]

Over on the MDF forum where you put this up yesterday, it was identified as a saxon wrist clasp.

[Romanick]

Over on the MDF forum where you put this up yesterday, it was identified as a saxon wrist clasp.

That's what I was hoping it was Alan, but I can't find any with the hollow tube, so thought I would try you guys and get a different perspective !
Nick

[Chef Geoff]

No I'm afraid it has nothing that makes me think Saxon wrist clasp, firstly it is twice the size of the usual examples, the pattern is a circular meander which is far more Georgian than Saxons the Saxons liked their rings and dots.
I can't tell from the photo whether the tube is fabricated or forged but either way that system of hinge is a much much later affair, the thickness too of the metal seems on the thin side.
My guess would be a hinge from something like a small casket/book 17th century to modern

[Romanick]

No I'm afraid it has nothing that makes me think Saxon wrist clasp, firstly it is twice the size of the usual examples, the pattern is a circular meander which is far more Georgian than Saxons the Saxons liked their rings and dots.
I can't tell from the photo whether the tube is fabricated or forged but either way that system of hinge is a much much later affair, the thickness too of the metal seems on the thin side.
My guess would be a hinge from something like a small casket/book 17th century to modern

Thanks Geoff
After my initial excitement I did have my doubts, one for the FLO I think !

[Val Beechey]

Shame, we all live in hope but I think the screw holes gave it away.

One day, one day.

Val