File:An incomplete post medieval cooper alloy book-clasp dating AD 1550-1800. (FindID 610256).jpg

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An incomplete post medieval cooper alloy book-clasp dating AD 1550-1800.
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Museum of London, Ben Paites, 2014-07-02 12:14:12
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An incomplete post medieval cooper alloy book-clasp dating AD 1550-1800.
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English: An incomplete post medieval cooper alloy book-clasp dating AD 1550-1800. The object is formed of two plates of sheet copper alloy. The front plate is rectangular with a fantail at one end and a hooked projection in the centre of the opposite end. The back plate is of the same shape but without the hooked projection. There are two rivet holes at the fantail end and a single rivet hole at the other on both plates. The rivets are still in situ. The front plate has a rounded indentation in the centre of the fan edge with a linear moulded decoration running down the centre of the object, from the indentation to the single rivet hole. The object is otherwise undecorated.

There is some damage to the fan-tail end on both plate and further damage to the opposite edge on the back plate. There is no evidence of any of the book being preserved between the two plates. Similar styles of book-clasp can be found in Margeson (1993, nos. 452-454) though none have the same decoration. These date from AD 1550-1800.

Dimensions: length: 38.82 mm; width: 21.96 mm; thickness: 3.90 mm; weight: 5.13g.

Reference: Margeson, S.1993. Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date POST MEDIEVAL
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FindID: 610256
Old ref: LON-2A13B3
Filename: BookClasp-Mar14.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/475059
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/475059/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/610256
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