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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy book fitting ?? book clasp (late 16th century). This rectangular book clasp has a flat hook projecting from one end (to hook into a corresponding ??eye?? piece) and the other end expands and has two central rivet holes for attachment to the book cover. The expanded end is also decorated with three triangular notches along the outer edge. One corner is missing. There is another rivet, still in situ, just behind the hook. The front surface is decorated with an engraved linear pattern comprising lines running diagonally towards the midline from the expanded end and a ring around the lower rivet hole and further engraved decoration adorns the hook end but corrosion obscures the details; it looks like a cross-hatched pattern. There is some corrosion on the reverse around the rivet hole nearest the hook; this might be part of a sheet metal plate that was possibly originally secured by this rivet.
A similar book clasp was found in Norwich (Margeson 1993: 74-75 no. 453) and dated to the late 16th century.
Dimensions: length: 42.09mm; width: 20.29mm; thickness: 188mm; weight: 2.75g.
Reference: Margeson, S.1993. Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58. | Subjects: | Book clasp | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sumnall, Kate - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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