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Description: | Cast copper-alloy one-piece book-clasp. The end which would have been attached to the strap is pierced. There is a horizontal moulding on the end, followed by a slightly tapering D-sectioned shaft which has further horizontal mouldings enclosing a circular conical recess (which may once have held a stone), before extending to a rounded element which then terminates in a finely cast animal's neck and head. Ears, eyes, nose, mouth and coat-patterning are all well-defined. A hinged rivet is secured through the round element and would have secured the clasp to the book. The hinge on the upper surface is broken. The reverse is flat. Heavily gilded; much of which survives. This example differs from the late 14th-early 15th century examples in being extremely well cast with a well-defined animal's head terminal. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1100
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sally Worrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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