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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: LVPL-44E27E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy book clasp dating to the late medieval period (c.AD 1400-1600).
The clasp is broadly rectangular in shape. At one end a small squared backwards curving hook extends from the of the body of the clasp. The opposite end is broken with only a small portion remaining. The portion that does remain shows flared terminal with a scalloped edge. The remains of three rivets are present on the main body of the clasp.
The clasp is decorated with an incised design. The squared end presents an etched zig-zag line, below which is a group of roughly incised lines directed along the length of the clasp and terminate at the first rivet. Around the second rivet appears to be a punched circle with three lines protruding directed towards the first rivet, the centre line is the longest with the lines either side at a shorted length be equal to each other. A further incised design is present on the scalloped terminal but this is now too worn and damage to determine the details.
The reverse is undecorated and shows signs of iron corrosion.
Class: Howsam type A.3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.8 mm
Width: 7.5 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Stoke upon Tern
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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