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Description: | Incomplete medieval double-hooked dress fastener, both hooks missing. A formerly hook-ended strip is rivetted to a shield-shaped plate, cf. NMS-1101B7. Decoration on the shield comprises lines, in the form of a cross within a frame around the edges, of finely executed interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed triangles. Extant length of strip 39mm. Maximum width of strip (where riveted) 6.5mm. Height and width of shield 29.7 and 24mm.Thickness of both parts 0.9mm. A clasp of Read 2008, early post-medieval double sharp-hooked Class S. c.1450 - c.1540. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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