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Description: | Post-medieval copper alloy book clasp eye-plate with triangular terminal. The eye consists of two arms rolled over around a the remains of an iron spindle. Decoration comprises traces of longitudinal lines near the eye, pierced by a rivet-hole with a second rivet-hole towards the pointed terminal. This type of clasp can be seen on the binding on the later 16th-cent Commonplace book of Henry Appleyard of Dunston (Norwich Households 74-5, plate XIII). Length 32mm. Width at eye 10mm. 16th-17th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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