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Description: | A copper alloy Post Medieval (c.1550-1750 AD) book clasp. It is a sub-rectangular piece of copper alloy sheet, with a flared attachment end. At the opposite end is a curved hook the tip of which has been lost. At the centre of the attachment end are the remains of a fixing rivet. The hooked half of the front face is decorated and consists of two transverse lines of beaded pellets one approximately at the halfway point the second a short distance from the hooked end. The first line is surmounted by three triangles, the centre one of which is larger than the other two. The internal void of the triangles is filled with linearly aligned pellets that largely follow the exterior shape. The area between the first and second transverse lines is also filled with decoration but the pattern cannot be resolved.
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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