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Description: | A post medieval copper alloy book clasp. The clasp is made of two sheets of copper alloy which were originally held together by a circular rivet at either end. Today only the rivet at the hook end is present.The upper sheet is rectangular. One end has been stepped in, leading to a square shaped projection which has been bent around to form a hook. The other end is broken after the rivet hole and appears as a ragged edge. The face of this plate has an incised or stamped decoration. The decoration comprises an off centre circle with a central dot. There are also four acorn shapes arranged in an irregular pattern. One of these overlaps with the circular decoration. The backplate is also rectangular but smaller in dimension than the upper plate. It is undecorated. Neither end is broken. Between the two sheets a small trace of the leather book cover survives.This object is incomplete, it is missing one of the rivets that once held the two plates together. It has been damaged in the ground causing the two sheets to splay apart and the lower plate to twist out of alignment. The upper sheet has a pitted surface. All faces of this object have a mottled appearance. The patina is predominantly red/brown. There are patched of darker and lighter colour. There is some loss of surface from the underside of the lower plate where it has been scratched and nicked. The upper plate measures 5562mm x 13.55mm x 0.53mm and the lower plate measures 48.03mm x 10.58mm x 1.25mm. The whole object weighs 6.73g.Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database. See NMGW-724AEC and YORYM-1D3867.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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