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Description: | A complete but worn and bent rectangular copper-alloy book clasp of Post-Medieval date.It is flat with a 5mm long hook projecting from one end. The other has a pair of U-shaped notches before expanding with four V-shaped notches cut into its outer edge. From the hook approximately half of the front face is decorated with a rectangular groove border. Within this is further decoration consisting of a transverse line of zig-zag decoration. Projecting from this towards the centre of the plate are longitudinal grooves. Here the decoration terminates with a separate, possibly iron, central circular rivet. Attached to the rivet is a separate rectangular copper-alloy rove. There are a further two parallel central circular rivet holes, decorated with two concentric circular grooves. The outer hole still contains a separate, possibly iron circular rivet. The back face is undecorated.This book fitting measures 46.87mm in length, 26.62mm in width at the expanded outer edge, 20.72mm in width at the plate, 1.07mm in thickness, 7.44g in weight.There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SF6576).
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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