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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy book clasp of Post-Medieval date. It is flat, rectangular in form with an integral rectangular hook at one end and a flaring terminal at the other. At the hook end the front face is decorated with a rectangular border containing incised diagonal lines. Above this the plate has decoration comprising a band series of incised vertical grooves followed by two central circular ring and dot motifs, one above the other, the uppermost having a central circular aperture containing the corroded remains of an iron rivet. The terminal itself has three triangular notches on the outer edge that give it a scalloped effect. A second integrally cast rivet is visible on the back face of the plate towards the hook end. The entire object measures 43.46mm in length, 14.43mm in width, 1.24mm in thickness, and weighs 4.36g.This is a book clasp of Post-Medieval date similar to examples from Norwich (Margeson, 1993: nos. 453-454). It is of probable 16th to 17th century AD date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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