Book Clasp
date: label: Date
content: probably 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two hinged parts of triangular clasp, relief decorated with scroll and openwork and putto head with wings; single piece identical to hinged part.
place: label: probably made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Samuel P. Avery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1903-1-4-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: clasp
label: Type
content: clasp
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (a): 6.3 × 4.1 cm (2 1/2 × 1 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (b): 4.4 × 4.2 cm (1 3/4 × 1 5/8 in.)