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Description: | A complete hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. The small artefact is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end, now slightly abraded. At the opposite end is a curved hook (up to 3.25mm wide). The artefact has been cut from a flat sheet. There is a single central rivet hole at the attachment end. The upper surface is decorated within a field between the hook and the perforation. This field is delineated by a group of transverse features above and below: a beaded line within two narrow lines. Within the area thus delineated is a floral/foliate motif. This artefact is of a now red-brown metal, in places overlain by areas of lighter corrosion product. Such small clasps are relatively rare, but some, with floral motifs, can be found illustrated in Read (1988, 79).
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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