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Description: | Post Medieval copper alloy eye-part of a blunt hooked clasp; Read Class A, type 8. Sub-oval body with two central side knops. The terminal end has an open rectangular loop to accomodate the blunt hook from the other half of the clasp. Three attachment tabs with central circular holes, two flank the body-side corners of the loop and the third is set axially on a short stub at the opposite end to the loop. The oval body has a twin oval border with beaded decoration within. The border contains a moulded foliate decoration. Read, B, Hooked-Clasps and Eyes; (2008) p175; No. 664 illustrates an identical example. Circa 1600-1700 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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