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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: ESS-C66766
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval cast copper alloy book clasp. The clasp has three holes, two of which are surrounded by a circle. The other hole seems (from the photo) to contain a rivet. The attachment end has incised diagonal lines and a row of straight lines as decoration. Similar examples can be seen in Read, 1988 'History Beneath Our Feet', page 90-91, nos. 13, 14 and 20.
16th to 17th century in date.
38mm wide and 70mm long. 9g in weight. The object has a mid brown patina.
Notes:
Not seen by FLO
Class:
clasp
Sub class: hook piece
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70 mm
Width: 38 mm
Weight: 9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th August 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's ref: 021-0354
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
Parish or ward: Good Easter (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6212
Four figure Latitude: 51.783213
Four figure longitude: 0.347132
1:25K map: TL6212
1:10K map: TL61SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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