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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: BERK-5AACB3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A largely complete hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end. The book clasp is made from two sheets; the upper sheet being the bigger while the reverse sheet is splayed towards the rear teminal where the clasp could be secured to the leather. This end of the clasp has five rivets holes, four of which are intact. Another rivet hole with intact rivet is located near the opposing hook end. Traces of narrow incised linear decoration can be seen on the top plate but it is faint.
Book-clasps bearing similar decorative motifs (punched ring and dot, the incised 'pheons') can be found illustrated in Crummy (1998, 68; e.g. ref. 2993). These examples are given a 17th-century date however they are generally dated to between AD 1550-1650.
Notes:
Finder's Ref: 008
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.81 mm
Width: 10.63 mm
Thickness: 2.94 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.579
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Wantage (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3985
Four figure Latitude: 51.56253626
Four figure longitude: -1.43878197
1:25K map: SU3985
1:10K map: SU38NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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