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Description: | A corroded and damaged hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. The attachment end has been bent through ninety degrees at approximately one third along its length; it is abraded at this end. The object is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end. At the opposite end is a curved hook (3.7mm wide). Below this the main body of the clasp is 10.65mm in width, at the beginning of a double cusped element, narrowing beyond to 8.0mm, finally flaring to a maximum of 13.2mm at the damaged attachment end. At the attachment end the are small removals which helped define its shape, but have also left it susceptible to the damage it has suffered. Both of the terminal lobes are missing as a result of old damage caused as a result of bending and weakness at decorative perforations. Below the terminal is a perforation (dia.: 2.8mm) for mounting.The object is flat and seemingly plain; corrosion prevents much being discerned. This artefact has a dark red-brown colour with some patches of lighter corrosion product, particularly on the lower surface. Within a perforation at the hook end is the corroded remains of an iron rivet.
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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