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Description: | A corroded Post Medieval cast copper alloy sharp-hooked clasp, dating to c. 1500-1625. The clasp consists of a lozengiform central panel with internal floral decoration and a double-lined border. Tri-lobed knops decorate the outer two corners not engaged in the hooking and attaching sides, with a further single knop in the centre of each outer edge. The central panel is flanked on one side by a sub-rectangular attachment loop and on the other by the remains of an inwardly curving hook, the end of which is now missing. The inside of the attachment loop has symmetrical openwork decoration. Furthermore, the attachment point of the hook to the central panel also exhibits remains of a symmetrical set of open work loops with an additional set of small knops. The hooked clasp measures 46.1 mm long, 22.7 mm wide, 1.6 mm thick, and weighs 3.18 grams.An almost identical hooked clasp is shown in Read, Hooked Clasps and Eyes (2008) p108, No.429; Read dates this example to circa 1500-1625.
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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