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Description: | A copper alloy early post-medieval (AD c.1500-c.1700) hooked clasp. The clasp falls into Read's Class D, Type 6: trefoil single sharp-hooked clasps. Similar hooked clasps can be found in Read, 2008, Hooked-Clasps & Eyes, p.75, nos. 246-7. Overall, it measures 21mm long and 15mm thick. The main body is trifoliate. Each lobe has a domed boss on the front and in the centre is a floral projection. On the reverse is a long sharp curved hook which measures 1.5mm wide and a loop.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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