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Description: | A copper-alloy book clasp hook-piece of post medieval and 16th century in date. It is rectangular in shape, measuring 34mm in length and 17mm in width. One terminal has a central projecting hook and the other, which is incomplete due to old breaks, flares outwards with small V-shaped notches along its edge. There are two parallel copper-alloy rivets through this terminal end and another central one through the hook end of the clasp. In the centre of the front face of the clasp is a three concentric circular grooves. There are worn punched annulets at the flaring terminal too. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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