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Description: | Cast copper alloy book clasp dating to the post-medieval period. The object is flat-sectioned. At the end that would have attached to the book, the object flares. There are two perforations with rivets intact just inside the flared end of the clasp. In the centre of the object is a circle, quartered by two intersection sets of parallel lines. In each quarter is a perforation, with a drilled but not perforated circle in the centre. Another, very worn circle is visible just above the quartered one; this one also has a central drilled but not perforated circle. The clasp-end is a curved tag protruding from the end which would have been the means of fastening. 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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