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Description: | The hook-piece from a sheet copper alloy book fitting of early post-medieval date. The book fitting measures 47.5mm by 19.08mm by 1.06mm and weighs 4.2g. It is flat and rectangular with one flared end, which is is perforated by a off-centre hole. This end is damaged but may originally have had four lobes. There is a hook which curves backwards at the other end. The front of the fitting is decorated with elaborate stamped patterns, including pellets, felurs-de-lis, flowers, linears and triangles. The decoration is similar to a book fitting from Shalfleet, Isle of Wight (IOW-0C1630), which dates from the sixteenth century.
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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