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Description: | A corroded and incomplete hook-piece from a copper alloy book clasp, dating from 1600-1700AD. It is formed of two sheet plates of copper alloy. Both are sub-rectangular, the upper sheet being flared at the attachment end and having a narrower, hooked portion at the other end. These two sheets are held together by three copper alloy rivets, two at the flared end and one at the hooked end; all three rivets remain in place. Part of the lower sheet has corroded away and is missing. It is difficult to discern any decoration on the upper sheet owing to the degree of corrosion, but it is possible that there was at one time a pattern of lozenges. The clasp displays a rough, light green patina. It is 65.4mm long, 25.1mm wide and 3.7mm thick. It weighs 10.47gm.For reference see: Crummy, 1998, Colchester Archaeological Report 5: The post-Roman Small Finds From Excavations in Colchester 1971-85, page 68.
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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