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Description: | Front plate of the hooked section of a Post Medieval book clasp. The sheet plate is rectangular in plan with one end (the strap attachment end) slightly widened at the end. The opposite end is straight and from the centre projects an integral backward facing rectangular hook, the tip of which is missing to a worn break. There is a circular hole for a rivet punched through near the attachment end.The upper surface is decorated with stamped and probably moulded decoration. Around the rivet hole at the attachment is a punched circle of oval shaped pellets around the outer side of which are multiple regularly spaced larger open ovals, like suns rays. Near the hook end is a large moulded four petalled rose with pointed oval sepals in the corners flanked by moulded lines running across the plate. The lines are arranged symmetrically, working out from the rose are a plain line then a row of pellets are joined together into a continuous line then a line of spaced out pellets then another continuous line. The back is plain.The metal has a mid reddish-brown patina with patches of green corrosion and is very worn. The book clasp is 55.6mm long, 14.9mm wide, 1.0mm thick and weighs 4.11g.The form and decoration are typical of book clasps of the early post-medieval period, as discussed by Margeson (1993: 74).
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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