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Description: | A copper alloy Post-Medieval book clasp. It has suffered some plough damage and is bent, with the hooked terminal intact whilst the opposite terminal is incomplete. The book clasp is composed of a rectangular strip, 36.78mm in length and 12.23mm in width, expanding to a serrated edge at the broken terminal. It weighs 2.3g. Despite much corrosion some detail of the decoration on the upper surface can be determined. The clasp has been divived into two narrow panels by vertical lines, with pellets, stars and triangles motifs near the hooked terminal, whilst the opposite end has a large triangle formed by the use of rocker decoration. The book clasp is likely to be of sixteenth century date, as paralleld by examples excavated from Norwich. (Margeson 1993, fig 40) | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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