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Description: | Copper alloyClasp. Book Clasp, as kindly identified by Dr Kevin Leahy. Cast pair of strips of thickness 1.1mm with decoration on the larger outer plate. This plate is splayed at one end and bears stepped edges and a terminal hook at the other. Surface decoration comprises three closely grouped countersunk holes of diameter 1.8mm and circa twelve longitudinal ribs. Two rivets of diameter 2mm project from the back of the splayed end, probably for attachment of the clasp, while a burred rivet of diameter 3.5mm at the other end appears to have fixed the plates to each other. Suggested date: Post- Medieval, 1500-1600. Length: 38.2mm, Width: 16mm, Thickness (overall): 2.9mm, Weight: 4.84gms.
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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