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Description: | Book clasp, shield-shaped hinged terminal with rectangular loop at attachment end the two sides and raised inner edge decorated with a line of closely set stamped dots, circular perforation in centre of plate, cast collared right angled terminal loop in form of a stylised animal-head. Dimensions of 15 x 30 mm. Perhaps rather earlier than examples with separate bars at attachment-end illustrated in Egan (1998) fig.214, no.925. Possibly dates to the 13th-14th 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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