|
Date: |
|
Description: | Post Medieval copper alloy male section of a two part book clasp formed of a cast rectangular front plate with integral hook at the end riveted to a rectangular copper alloy sheet back plate. The front plate is decorated with two incised transverse lines at the attachement end. It is 10.7mm wide at that end narrowing to 9.5 at the terminal. The hook projects from the terminal and is 5.4mm wide; it curves back though 180 degrees and looks complete. There are two rivets made of seperate pieces of copper alloy, smoothed flat to the sheet front and back. The rivets are on the central line, one near the attchment end and one near the terminal.The strap end is 18.6mm long, 10.7mm wide, 3.13mm thick and weight 2.99 grams. It is similar in form, although not decoration, to Read (2008) No.706 which he designates Early Post Medieval single blunt hooked clasps Class G Type 1 and dates to c.1500-1550 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|