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Description: | An incomplete early post-medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy book-clasp with a small area missing at one corner of the expanded end (old damage). It measures 41.05mm in length, 14.05mm in max.width, 5.87mm in depth (at the hook; the plate is 1.34mm thick) and weighs 2.98g.The hook-end is 5.17mm in width where it extends from the plate, narrowing to 2.61mm at the end. Behind, the plate is parallel-sided and 10.49mm wide with moulded relief decoration of foliate form.The opposite end of the plate widens to 14.05mm. At the centre is a rivet hole 1.06mm in diameter pierced from the front to the reverse. Iron staining surrounds the hole to the reverse.
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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