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Description: | Cast copper alloy hook-piece from a book clasp, late medieval or post-medieval in date (c.1450-1800).The clasp is made from two pieces of copper-alloy sheet. The upper sheet is rectangular, with a flared end resembling a fishtail. It is scored with five horizontal lines separated by close-set irregular chevrons, and there is also a central pattern of concentric circles. The bottom plate is undecorated. There are four rivets: one in the centre, one at the rectangular end and two at the fishtail end. At the narrowest point of the fishtail there are three equal holes. There is a hook at the rectangular end of the clasp.Similar book clasps are known from contexts in York dated to the 15th and 16th centuries (Ottaway & Rogers 2002: 2936-7). Examples from Winchester (Biddle 1990) come from contexts of the mid 16th century onwards, and one from Norwich has a dated late 16th-century parallel (Margeson 1993). the date at which they stopped being used is at present unclear.
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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