File:16th to 17th century book clasp (FindID 78976).jpg
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[edit]| 16th to 17th century book clasp | |||
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julian Watters, 2004-10-27 12:02:10 |
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| Title |
16th to 17th century book clasp |
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| Description |
English: A copper-alloy book clasp of 16th to 17th century AD date. The piece is comprised of two attached plates and is of an ornate design. The main part of the upper plate is rectangular in shape and is decorated with a single impressed ring and dot design and, towards the hook end, parallel indented lines. The main part of the plate is separated from the backward-facing hook by a rectangular border which is slightly wider than the plate. At the opposite end the plate fans outwards from 14.3mm to 25.7mm wide. The design at this end depicts four feathers and terminates in an undulating edge. Three vertically aligned cells sit within the feather pattern and may originally have contained glass insets. The lower plate is riveted to the upper plate by three copper-alloy rivets, two of which are at the decorated end, whilst the other is situated towards the hook end. The lower plate mirrors the shape of the upper one but is slightly smaller. The overall dimensions of the object are 46.3mm long by up to 25.7mm wide and 2mm thick. It weighs 9.09g and is slightly bent and corroded. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire | ||
| Date | between 1500 and 1700 | ||
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FindID: 78976 Old ref: BH-F7B157 Filename: Book clasp 04 185 - 8 all.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/40918 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/40918/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/78976 |
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