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Description: | a copper alloy medieval book clasp or mount. It is a flat rectanglar plate, with a curved 'hook' in the centre of one long edge. The opposite terminal is incomplete, with the corners cut away. There is rocker-arm decoration along the hooked edge, and there is a single central rivet hole in the plate adjacent to the hook. There are three patterns of stamped annulets, forming 6-petal florets grouped around the rivet hole, and the remains of further similar motifs against the incomplete edge. The object measures 33.85mm in length, 32.15mm in width and weighs 5.58g It ressembles a book clasp but is a large example if so. The decoration is similar to that illustrated on a corner mount from Norwich (Margeson 1993, no.456). It is likely to date to the 14th-16th centuries | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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