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Book Clasp (4470/23M)
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Faye Sayer, 2005-05-06 11:21:13
Title
Book Clasp (4470/23M)
Description
English: Incomplette copper alloy book clasp, dating to the late medieval period (circa 16th century). The book clasp is consists of a flat sheet of copper alloy, which in roughtly rectangular in shape. At the attachment end (i.e. were the book clasp is fitted to the book) the body of the clasp flares out, and has two copper alloy rivits at either side. The other end of the clasp tapers to a hooked end, there rivits are flat on one side and rounded and convex with linear decoration on the other side. The book clasp is bent over due to plough damage. The surface patina of the object is light greeny brown and appears to have no decoration remaining.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1500 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 94592
Old ref: LON-8CD472
Filename: DSCN4797.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/60757
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/60757/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/94592
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