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Post-Medieval (c. 1500 - c. 1700) copper alloy book-clasp: The body of the book clasp is a long, slender rectangle with an off-set rectangular protrusion at one narrow edge, whose edge is curled downwards forming the clasp element. The opposite terminal is flared and moulded with two rivet holes with the remains of iron rivets. Beyond the rivet holes there are three circular perforations as decoration. The clasp has been decorated with two concentric low-relief annulets with a central, small, circular perforation. Towards the clasp element there is parallel grooves of varying lengths. The clasp is slightly curved in profile, and this has probably occurred through use. The clasp measures 77.55mm long, 26.62mm wide at this edge and weighs 13.22g.

Numerous similar clasps are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. Illustrated examples of book clasps have been published in monographs and journals. For example, see: Crummy, 1988; Margeson, 1993; Ottaway, 2002. They are considered to date to the early Post Medieval period (c. 1500 - c. 1700).
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