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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. Mass: 5.6g; length: 47.6mm; width: 19.6mm; thickness: 1,7mm. The book clasp consists of a thin front-plate of copper-alloy, which is now bent. Both ends are incomplete. One end is broken across one of two rivet holes. There is a further rivet holes with a rivet still in place near to the other end, which would have been bent over to form part of the clasp mechanism. The rivets would have joined the front and plates together. The front of the book-clasp is decorated with grooves and perforations. The book clasp has a brown surface coating and has been recently coated with a wax. The damage does not appear to be recent.
There is a very similar book-clasp in: ??The post-Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-85?? (Crummy, 1988, number 2993). This is from a surface context dated to 1650/1725 or later. Crummy notes similar mounts to this and others found at Colchester, dated to the 17th century (Basing House, Hampshire; Southampton; and Chelmsford.) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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