Record ID: BH-53D847
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy book clasp, dating from the Late Medieval period. The piece represents the lower portion of a composite clasp. The upper part of the surviving piece has a rectangular 'plate', from each of the two top corners of which projects a right angled, perforated lug. The now-missing axis bar would originally have been contained within these lugs and would also have held in place an upper element, creating a hinged fitting. The aforementioned plate has an incised groove around its perimeter; this in turn contains an incised saltire, each of the quarters created als…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Billington', grid reference and parish protected.