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Description: | A post medieval copper alloy book fitting . Fitting consists of a rectanguar plate, with a clasp end and a flared rivet attachment end. The clasp is integral but narrowed and curved. The flared end widens to form a stretched trapezoid with three triangular removes from the outer edge and a central recessed notch. On either side of the notch is a rivet made from the same alloy. The plate itself is decorated with one central set of recessed rings with a central recessed dot. Between the ring set and the clasp is a further rivet. The reverse of the clasp is undecorated but a fragment of leather has survived around the two rivets at the flared end. The fragment is dark brown and rectangular but has breaks on all edges. The clasp brass coloured and without any surviving patination. It measures 28.9mm (length) x 23.7mm (width of flared end) x 4.1mm (thickness) and weighs 2.27g.A similar clasps can be seen on this database (IOW-136F91, SOM-9F7608) and in Margeson's 'Norwich Households' (1993, p.74, no. 454). Margeson suggests that book clasps of this kind date to the second half of the 16th century, although one is slightly later context (c.1625-1800 AD).
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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