Record ID: PUBLIC-D033C8
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late post-medieval copper-alloy hinged book clasp. One part of the hinge is flat, measuring 30mm long, 17mm wide and 1mm thick. At the non-hinged end there is a central hole 3mm in diameter. The long sides have an undulating curved pattern. The reverse has no decoration, whereas the front has some lettering scratched in it, probably a monogram consisting of the letters WN in an 18th- or 19th-century curving script. The other part has been bent, but was originally flat. It is 20mm long, 17mm wide and 1mm thick. It has two decorative tear- or comma-shaped holes near the hinge en…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D0CF1F
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy book clasp of Howsam type A.1.1, and of medieval date (c. 1350-1450). The object is part of a two-piece book clasp with hinged plate and loop. The plate has been lost, though the hinge loop remains. The main plate is sub-D-shaped with moulded linear decoration stamped with irregularly spaced annulets to the upper surface. A central circular perforation is also present. A moulded stylised zoomorphic terminal extends from the rounded edge of the main plate, at right angles to the plate itself. The forward-facing terminal has a prominent mouth, nose, brow an…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freiston Area', grid reference and parish protected.