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Description: | Post medieval copper alloy book clasp. This object represents the hook piece, one half of the book clasp that would have paired with a catch plate. The hook piece is subrectangular in plan, with an expanded ?serrated? end. It is 40.24mm long, 10.01mm wide, 1.14mm thick and weighs 3.27g. At the non-serrated end of the object is a single, central, backward facing, integral hook in the simple form of a curl. The hook piece is decorated with an incised design of four horizontal lines just below the hook and just before the serrated end. On the serrated portion is an incised annulet and dot. The rivet is clearly visible on the front of the hook piece, and on the reverse of the object, the rivet is holding a rectangular back plate that would have been attached to a leather strap. This is unusual, as these do not normally survive. The back plate and reverse of the hook piece are plain. The over all patina of the object is dark brown. This object probably dates to the 16th century A similar example can be found in Margeson, 1993, Norwich Households, figure 40, number 454. | 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: | 1500
1799 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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