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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: ASHM-C990CA
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval sheet copper-alloy book clasp, a hook-piece, broadly rectangular in plan, and dating to the 16th or 17th century AD. At one end the sides are recessed and a tab continues as a short curved hook. The opposing end has slight rounded crenellations. The clasp may have been decorated but it is too worn to tell.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.6 mm
Width: 14.6 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ASHMBD1402
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Childrey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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