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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy single sharp hooked clasp, of Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1600).The hooked clasp consists of a sub rectangular attachment loop with a sub rectangular openwork central section. This section depicts a lyre enclosing two confronted spirals sub mounted by a cross hatched sub lozenge, possibly a pine cone. A projecting collar, with trefoil terminals, is present at the junction between the plate and the loop. A stylised swag and a shallow ridged collar is present at the juncture between the plate and the hook. A single sharp hook is present at the end. The back is plain and undecorated.It measures 30.77 mm in length, 15.63 mm wide and 1.86 mm thick. It weighs 2.6 grams.The hooked clasp is a mid green to brown colour, with an even surface patina.A comparative example have been published as #480 in Read, 2008 (p117) , classified as Early Post Medieval Class E single sharp hooked clasps, Type 8. Read (2008, 87), mentions that all Class E clasps recovered by the Thames Mudlarks have been from secure c. AD 1500 to c. AD 1550 deposits, suggesting a 16th Century date.Reference:Read, B. (2008) Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing, Langport.
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