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Description: | This is a Post Medieval copper alloy hinged mount, probably a book clasp, probably dating 16th -17th century. The mount is constructed from a single plate with a slot and the ends of the plate are rolled over to accommodate the bar for the hinge. The mount has no surface decoration but is decoratively made with chamfered incurved edges just below the hinged edge, and then it has straight sides before terminating in a point. There are three rivet holes, two aligned parallel to the hinged edge and the final one in the centre of the point. The copper alloy has no patina due to the anaerobic conditions of the foreshore.A similar shaped object is illustrated in Egan (2005:123) which is a book clasp, it has the same hinged form but the shape is slightly different as is the arrangement of rivet holes. This example has the suggested date late 15th - early 16th century.Dimensions: length: 26.06mm; width: 12.23mm; thickness of the plate: 1.08mm; weight: 1.87g.Reference: Egan, G. 2005. Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition. MoLAS Monograph 19. English Heritage: London.
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