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Description: | Post Medieval (16th century) copper alloy book fitting. The clasp is complete, comprised of an upper trapezoid plate and a rectangular plate. The upper plate has a wide hooked terminal at one end, and two rivet holes at the other terminal. There is a further rivet behind the hooked end. All three rivets survive, and are made of copper alloy. The upper surface is decorated by two moulded vertical lines behind the hooked end followed by incised horizontal lines. There is a ring-and dot motif towards the attachment end comprised of four concentric circles. There are three openwork circles immediately before the rivets at the attachment end. The riveted end has diagonal incised lines. The back plate is plain and undecorated. THe fitting has a dull red-brown colouration with patches of green copper corrosion. The clasp is 44.66mm long, 23.25mm wide, 4.34mm thick and weighs 6.4 grams. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McLean, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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