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Description: | Copper-alloy post medieval circa 16th century catch plate of a book clasp. Now bent and worn, rectangular in shape, measuring c23mm in length and 21.4mm in width. The catch end has two opposing loops folded over a horizontal copper-alloy bar between them. The terminal end flares and has an incomplete shaped outer egde, created by V-shaped notches. The front face is decorated with four transverse grooves with V-shaped mouldings across them behind the catch end, and behind this there is a ring and dot motif with a copper-alloy rivet through its centre. | 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
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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