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Description: | A three part cast silver gilt dress fastener, of probable Tudor date. The fastener is teardrop-shaped and the front is domed. It measures 30.3mm in length, 18.22mm in width, 10.57mm in depth and weighs 4.25g. The dome is decorated with a circular filigree pattern, comprising three large roundels, each containing four smaller circles and there are further small circles around the edge of the dome. In the centre of and in between each large roundel there is an protruding ungilded silver sphere; there are eight in total. The central sphere is slightly larger than the others. Around the edge of the base of the dome there is a series of small petals, each given definition by three short engraved lines. The petals are all of similar size, with the exception of the uppermost, which is located in front of the hook and is larger. The back of the object is flat and undecorated. The pointed hook is about 30mm long and is bent back on itself in the middle of its length. The end which is attached to the back of the fastener is flatter and has a pointed end. The hook has been cast separately and soldered onto the main body of the object, as has the flat rectangular-sectioned bar, 12mm by 3mm, which is positioned transversely to the hook, at the other end of the tag. This hooked tag falls into the category of Tudor dress hooks which have a raised transverse bar for sewing onto cloth and a recurving hook on the reverse (Gaimster, Hayward, Mitchell and Parker 2002, p. 158). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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