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Description: | A copper-alloy blunt-hooked wire clasp of probable Post Medieval date. The artefact has been made from a single length of wire, bent double to form a simple hook. At the top are two opposing loops, by which the piece would have been sewn to clothing. From here, the hook is formed of two wires running parallel to each other. It extends vertically downwards, before sharply angling upwards, forming a 'U-shaped' hook ending in a rounded terminal where the parallel wires join. This simple form of clothing fastening, which would have been paired with an eye-clasp, appears to have been used throughout the Post-Medieval period and into modern times. This example is larger than the majority although similarly large examples are known (see Read 2008: 156, e.g. no.589).
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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