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Description: | The hook-piece from a sheet copper alloy book clasp of early post-medieval date. The book clasp measures 39.56mm by 15.48mm by 0.89mm and weighs 1.97g. It is flat and rectangular with one flared end which is is perforated by a central hole. This end is damaged but may originally have been tri-lobed. There is a hook which curves backwards at the other end. The front of the clasp is decorated with elaborate stamped patterns. Towards the flared end there is a triangle with a central pellet surrounded by three fleurs-de-lis. The next main decorative element is a flower or sun with alternately curving and pointed petals/rays. On the other side of this is a line of fleurs-de-lis and there are also several other plain linears and lines of pellets which break up the decorative elements. The back is flat and undecorated. The book clasp hook-piece would have been attached to a leather strap with a rivet and backplate and would have been used in conjunction with a catch-piece to fasten the book shut. The decoration is similar to a book fitting from Shalfleet, Isle of Wight (IOW-0C1630), which dates from the sixteenth century. | 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
1599 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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