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Description: | Post-medieval copper alloy hooked book clasp with two rivets near the fishtail terminal, a cluster of three drilled holes, near the hooked end a third rivet attached to a rectangular piece of sheet on the reverse (perhaps a spring). The chamfered sides are parallel between the terminal and an abrupt widening before the hook. Near the terminal and extending past the three holes there is a triangular field of oblique and longitudinal engraved lines. In the centre a blind hole sits within two concentric punched rings. Around the third rivet there is an area of closely spaced longitudinal engraved lines. The wider part near the hook is decorated with a fine and a broad transverse groove and with rocker-arm engraving. A large example in fresh condition. Length 72.8mm. Width of terminal 35mm. Width at mid-point 16mm. Width before hook 18.2mm. 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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