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Description: | A cast copper-alloy hook piece book clasp of the late Medieval or post-Medieval period.
The book clasp is rectangular in plan, with a semi-circular down-turning hook at one end, and flared at the other end where the clasp was attached to a strap. The iron rivet remains attached to the clasp in the performation. The rivet was made with a small flat strip of iron (3.78mm wide, 17.4mm long) that was folded at the ends to create a rectangular head above the book clasp and two feet below the strap much like a modern paper fastener.
The main body of the clasp has stamped decoration in three panels. The panel closest to the hook piece has a flourished I-shape at each end and worn decoration in the middle of the panel. The central panel has to logenzes containing the flourished I-shape each. The panel closest to the rivet is worn, but there appears to have been the flourished I-shape set in the centre of a pointed arch. | Subjects: | Hook Piece | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Collins, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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