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Description: | Copper alloy book clasp, length 81mm, width 37mm, thickness 1.5mm. This example is rectangular in plan with an expanded butt. The face is decorated with six stamped acorns flanked by ears of corn and four sets of concentric rings. There is a rectangular hook on the forward edge and a rectangular tab on the rear that has been rolled into a loop. Artefacts such as this have been discovered during excavation in York which dated to the 15th and 16th centuries (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, 2937-2939) 15th -17th century.
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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