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Description: | A Post Medieval book clasp dating from AD 1525 - 1700. It is the hook piece of a hook and eye type fitting. It is a long rectangle of sheet metal tapering slightly towards the hook end which projects from the centre of the short edge and bends backwards. The tip of the hook is missing. The other end is flared and bifurcated with a rivet hole in each lobe. Both copper alloy rivets survive. Another copper alloy rivet is positioned in the centre of the plate, about a quarter of the way from the hook end. The front of the plate is simply decorated with a groove all the way along the centre. Most of the sheet copper alloy back plate also survives, though it is broken and part is missing from the centre. It is a plain rectangle, slightly smaller than the front plate. Some leather also survives between the plates at the attachment end. The book fitting is 52.7mm long, 17.4mm wide and 5.5mm thick. 5.99g. These objects are discussed on page 60 of the PASFinds Recording Guide.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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