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Description: | Unusual post-medieval copper alloy hook book clasp, bent and rather abraded, with iron rivet at attachment end. Opposed transverse projections at blunt hook, very narrow body (width 2.5mm) with narrowed transverse projections at the terminal which comprises a rectangular projection between twin outcurving projections. Surviving decoration comprises a tranverse wavy line on the projections near the hook and orming con-joined saltires on the body. Length (unbent) 34mm. Width at terminal 14.5mm. 16th-17th century.
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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