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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy post medieval book clasp. The clasp consists of a flat rectangular plate (approx 45mm x 9mm), with a projecting hooked lip at one end (5mm wide x 3mm projecting). The other end is broken but appears to have had 2 perforations for attachment in the corners. There is also a further central perforation for attachment to the leather strap with rivet still in place near the hook end. The top face of the clasp is decorated with a transverse border at the hook end, and with a series of short incised parallel longitudinal lines arranged to form an arc between the end panel and the attachment rivet. Further towards the attachment end there is a design of incised concentric circles, and at the attachment end there are further incised lines that appear to radiate out from the corner rivet holes. | 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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