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Description: | Sheet copper-alloy book-clasp. Short rectangular plate which flares out slightly at ends; one of which is missing and the other is damaged. Iron rivet attached. The upper surface is decorated with (from the clasp); a linear moulded ropework border enclosing seven alternating pellets and rosettes, a wider ropework border enclosing a central rosette with pellets and a scroll at either side, below this is a row of pellets and below this a zig-zag with a ropework upper edge and an unidentifiable motif at the centre. Poor patina; dull pale green with red/brown patches.
L: 36 W: 17-20 Wt: 4.21g (poor) | 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: | 1540
1800 | 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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