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Description: | Cast copper alloy book clasp dating to the post-medieval period. The object has a flat-section. At the end that would have attached to the book, the object flares. There are two perforations and then a line of three perforations located just inside the flared end of the clasp. In the centre of the object is a sixth perforation. The surface is decorated with incised lines; at the flared end these are rows of narrow parallel and criss-crossed lines. The sixth, central perforation is surrounded by incised concentric circles. The clasp-end is a rectangular tag, slightly wider than the rest of the object; this has a curved tag protruding perpendicularly from the end which would have been the means of fastening. At the base of the wide rectangular tag is a band of incised parallel lines. Similar book clasps are known from excavations at York.
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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