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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy book clasp of Post-Medieval date. It is formed from flat upper and lower plates that are rectangular in form and held together by two cylindrical copper-alloy rivets visible at the open end of the clasp. The upper plate has an incomplete integral rectangular hook at one end, and expands at the other to a flaring open end. This flaring end has a wavy outer edge and is decorated on the front face with a series of shallow grooves that run down the plate to the two rivets. Below the rivets are three circular punched dots arranged in a trefoil motif, with possible traces of further decoration below, although this is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. The back plate is of similar form to the front, although is missing its upper and lower halves due to old breaks. This clasp measures 28.18mm in length, 8.39mm in width, 2.83mm in thickness, and weighs 2.42g. This book clasp is similar to examples from Norwich (Margeson, 1993: nos. 453-454) and dates to the 16th-17th centuries AD.
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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