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Description: | Copper alloy book clasp. This example is rectangular in plan with an expanded butt; the forward edge has a narrowed tab that has been bent around to form a hook. The artefact is decorated with a quatrefoil flower ring near the hook, behind which appears to be a series of geometric patterns which are no worn away. At the rear is a single rivet hole that still retains some of the iron rivet. Artefacts such as this have been discovered during excavation in York which dated to the 15th and 16th centuries (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, 2937-2939)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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