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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener (c. 1600-c. 1700 AD).This is one of two similar objects that would have been used together to join straps or clothing. The other object would have terminated with a hook.The clasp is mainly oval in plan and has a perforated knop, centrally placed, at the attachment end. There are two smaller solid knops mid-way along the length of the fitting, one at each side. At the opposite end there are the remains of a central sub-rectangular loop, most of which is missing. At the side of this loop there is another perforated knop. The rear face is flat and plain. Decoration at the front, on the oval part, is raised and consists of a beaded oval border containing a concentric oval plain line within which there is a design of a floriate or floral nature.This fastener is abraded and the breaks are old.34.46 x 20.25 x 1.56mm. 3.82g.The type and design is very similar to that depicted on an example from East Devon (Read 2008: 175, ref: 664). A useful description and illustrations of these hooked and eyed clasps is given by Read. See pages, 164-182.Read Class A, Type 8 (hooked clasp)
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