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Description: | A complete sheet copper alloy hooked object, possibly a book clasp of Post-Medieval or Modern date (AD 1700 - AD 1850). Length 50.2mm, width 43.0mm and 0.9mm thick. Weight 6.55g. The object is cruciform in plan three of the arms have tri-lobed terminals with a single rivet hole in the centre of each. The third arm is longer and parallel sided. This part also has a similar rivet hole and is bent rearwards through 180° to form a clip. The extreme end of the clip narrows and then points to the rear. A barely visible stamped inscription on the front, at the centre, reads in two lines: H H & Co/BIRM (possibly). The object has a patchy mid-green patina on both faces. Similar objects from Brookland Parish, Kent and Girton Parish, Nottinghamshire have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: Kent-DCD324 and DENO-3844C0.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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