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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval (AD c.1500-c.1625) hooked clasp, missing its hook and its attachment loop. Overall, it measures 21.2mm long, 17.1mm wide and 2.5mm thick. It weighs 2.25g. The clasp falls into Read's Class E, Type 3: sub-circular single sharp-hooked clasps. An exact parallel can be found in Read, 2008, Hooked-Clasps & Eyes, 104, no. 402. The object was cast in one piece. Decoration is moulded-relief and openwork, and consists of a chequered lozenge within an engrailed edge and set between two sets of four circular perforations of different sizes. There is also a ridged collar at the jucture of the plate and the hook. The reverse is flat.
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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