Accession No

1883.541


Description

Book clasp of cast copper alloy. Howsam type A.1; flat dome shaped plate with a central circular perforation; at the straight edge is a hinge bar; plate is missing. A terminal extends from the rounded edge, with stylised zoomorphic shape and central perforated hole at a ninety degree angle from the plate.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Hauxton


Period

Medieval


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1883.541


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

32mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'Hauxton'.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Display)
Previously mounted on plain paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label. The front reads: 'Medieval. ? Hauxton, Camb. Camb. Ant. Soc. 1883.' The back reads: '? Medieval. Hauxton.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Pendant; belt fitting; book clasp - ?Hinged fragment. ?Part of a belt fitting.

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
?Part of book clasp.
Event Date 23/8/2001
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Book clasp of cast copper alloy. Howsam type A.1; flat dome shaped plate with a central circular perforation; at the straight edge is a hinge bar; plate is missing. A terminal extends from the rounded edge, with stylised zoomorphic shape and central perforated hole at a ninety degree angle from the plate.
Event Date 7/12/2023
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Analysis)
See Portable Antiquities Scheme for similar book clasp types. Similar to Howsam type A.1.
Event Date 7/12/2023
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:16034

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