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Description: | A complete copper-alloy hook-piece of a book clasp. Rectangular in shape, measuring 51mm in length and 14mm in width. One terminal has a central protruding hook and the other flares outwards and has two V-shaped notches cut into it. The front face of the hook-piece is decorated with three large ring and dot motifs with two smaller one flanking the cntral motif. There is a corroded iron rivet through the centre of the shaped terminal end. This book clasp is post medieval and 16th-17th century in date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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