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Description: | Incomplete medieval to post-medieval sheet copper alloy hooked book clasp, the proximal end missing. Near the break, in what may have been the centre, a hollow-backed circular boss is surrounded by engraved (not punched) curving lines that probably formed an octofoil. Of three punched impressions of a thistle one is cut by an iron-filled rivet hole. Just before the hook two straight transverse engraved lines flank a row of rocker-arm engraving. There are patches of iron staining on the reverse. Length more than 49.5mm. Width 27mm at the break, 25mm at the break. 16th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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