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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: SOM-6FF4D0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval sheet copper-alloy book clasp, a hook-piece, sub-rectangular in plan, dating to the 16th or 17th centuries. At one end the sides are recessed and a tab continues as a short curved hook now broken. The other end is cusped and very slightly flared. The clasp has two circular rivet holes, c 2.0 mm in diameter, 31.6mm apart. On the front are traces of a small floral pattern either side of the rivet hole at the cusped end, a larger floral pattern between the two rivet holes, and a square with indeterminate pattern at the hook end.
The clasp measures 64.82mm long, 21.61mm wide and weighs 5.44g.
Margeson (1993, 73; fig. 40) illustrates a similar though more decorated book clasp, no. 452, which is dated from c. 1550-1700.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.82 mm
Width: 21.61 mm
Weight: 5.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2018 - Thursday 8th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 017899
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Misterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 74 | 40 |
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