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Description: | Square metallic plate, with four fixing rivets, one to each corner. Centre of plate is indented from back and raised to front. Three rivets remaining, one missing where fixing hole is present. Evidence of fine enamelling or niello design to raised centre in four triangular pieces. Gilding apparent beneath surface concretion to outer rim of plate. Patination and some wear to object, but in reasonable and almost complete condition. Possibly Mediaeval book fastening. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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