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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy book clasp (c. AD 1550-1650).The back-plate is missing but there is a fragment of iron close to the hook end. The front plate is roughly rectangular in shape. In plan, it has a flaring 'fish-tail' attachment end and a hook at the terminal end. The 'fish-tail' end is notched. At the front, about mid-way along its length there is a ring-and-dot motif. Between this motif and the 'fish-tail' there are two separate copper-alloy rivets, their heads flush with the plate at the front. One is 1.94mm in diameter and the other is 1.57mm in diameter. One corner of the 'fish-tail' end is missing.32.34 x 17.23 x 3.44mm. Weight: 2.15g.Similar clasps may be seen in Margeson's 'Norwich Households', pp.74-5, no's: 453 and 454. These, Margeson suggests, both date to the second half of the 16th century.Numerous book fittings of this type are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: DENO-596D98, HESH-0FA366, IOW-347A31, KENT-F13B17, SUSS-918036, SWYOR-1FC9B4 and WMID-2DB371.
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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