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Description: | A cast copper alloy Post-Medieval dress fastener. It is an example of Read's type Early Post-Medieval Blunt-hooked and Eye clasps, class A, no.665. This has an oval frame, and has three attachment-knops. The eye is rectangular and is flanked by two circular perforated knops. The oval plate has moulded decoration, with foliate and floral motifs within oval borders, and there are are ornamental knops to either side. The terminal perforated knop has a small collar. The dress fastener has been bent back in antiquity, and measures 25.7mm (bent length) in length, 21.21mm in width, and weighs 4.82g. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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