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Description: | Description: A silver-gilt openwork 'eye' element of a two piece hooked clasp dating from the 16th-17th centuries AD. The body is made of a wreath of five flowers, each with a central pellet, and the wreath is around a heart. The pointed base of the heart joins the wreath and is located towards the centre of one of the flowers and on either side of the flower is an integral loop placed on the outer side of the wreath. The two busts of the heart are also joined to the wreath by two flowers, leaving a circular void between the top centre of the heart and the wreath. At this point on the outer side of the wreath is a larger integral loop. The reverse is plain with a small depression at the centre.Dimensions: Length: 17.37 mm, Width: 13.45 mm, Thickness: 1.98 mm, Weight: 1.64 gDiscussion: A similar item can be found from Thetford, Norfolk (2006 T316; TAR 2005/6, p. 149, ref. 701; PAS ID SF-80A9F7) and from Walcot, Lincolnshire (2003 T26; TAR 2003, p.119, ref. 233). Although different in function a similar design can be found from Royden, Norfolk (2011 T392; PAS ID NMS-AF2425). An example with a separate wire forming the eyelets can be found in Brian Read's 'Hooked-Clasps & Eyes', (2008 Portcullis Publishing), p.159, no. 597.
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