Object: Slide-Fastener
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 93.4-26.132,Presented by A. W. Franks Esq.,26/4/1893
Site: England,Kent,Isle of Thanet,Minster,(Ebbs Fleet 1893),Founder's Hoard
Parish: Minster
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1893
Length (mm): 60
Width (mm): 37
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): 36
Patina: Green
Surface: Very corroded.
Associations: Hoard consisting of 1 palstave, 2 winged celts, 13 socketed celts, 3 spear-heads, fragment of sickle, triangular knife, socketed knife, socketed hammer, fragment  of implement, flanged rung, 3 pieces of harness, and 2 jets.,9-151
Description: Tube with thick loop on one side and irregular oval opening on the other.
Publications: V.C.H. Kent, I, 322, 335,Proc. S. A. 2d. S. Vol XIV, p. 309; Vol XV, p. 138,R.F. Jessup, 'Kent', 110, 259, Pl. VI.
Remarks: Somewhat inacc.,See new index.