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Description: | Complete copper alloy sheet hook-piece from a book clasp of Early Post Medieval date (AD 1500 - AD 1600). Length 39mm, width 16mm and about 0.3mm thick. Weight 3.16g.In plan the hook-piece is rectangular. At one end is a narrowed bent-under hook. At the other end each corner is formed by a small protruding lobe and near this end is a small circular rivet hole which has a diameter of 2.0mm. The upper face is decorated in low relief. At the straight end is a sunflower motif consisting of a beaded ring with small triangular petals surrounding. The rivet cuts through the sunflower, close to the beaded ring. Decoration at the centre of the hook-piece appears to take the form of a floral design consisting of two large buds and other indeterminate features. A third element of the decoration, close to the hook part, is within a panel defined by two transverse lines of pellets. This decoration consists of a central double rose flanked by sprigs, with four pellets above and four below. The rear face is flat and plain.The piece has lost its patina and the metal is a reddish purple colour.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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