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Description: | An unusual catch-piece from a copper-alloy book clasp. Roughly rectangular in shape with a flaring terminal end, measuring 38.1mm in length and 21.4mm in width, flaring to 42mm in width at its terminal end. The opposing terminal has two projections which are rolled over a copper-alloy bar. On other examples this bar is more normally iron and does not usually survive. The bar is cylindrical in shape and measures 22.5mm in length and 2.5mm in width. The front face of the catch-piece is decorated with short longitudinal incisions at either terminal. It also has two parallel rivet holes through the flaring end, one pointed copper-alloy rivet remains in situ here and another is present through the centre of the terminal holding the bar. This catch-piece is most likely to be c16th century in date. | 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
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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