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Description: | Sheet copper alloy hook-plate from a book clasp, rectangular in plan and flat in section, with a flared front plate. These clasps were attached to leather straps fixed to the book and helped to hold it shut by hooking into a corresponding catch-piece on the other side. The end of the plate has a rivet hole, to attach the plate to a leather strap, which still retains its rivet. The opposite end is bent over to form a central hook, 5 mm wide, beyond a squared off terminal. The upper face of the hookplate is decorated with three rouletted borders, which run across the plate, perpendicular to its edge, enclosing a pattern of rosettes, fleurs de lis and pellets. Below these, towards the riveted end, is a rouletted triangle with a fleur de lis within its border.
Read (1988) has hook plates with similar decoration on pages 79-80, Nos.465 & 473, which he dates from the 13th to the 17th century.
Bailey (1992) illustrates two similar examples of hookplates on page 72, Nos.8 & 9, which are dated from the 15th to the 17th century.
Margeson (1993) illustrates a similar example with a single rivet on page 74, Fig.40, No.452, which is dated to c.1550-1700. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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