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Description: | A cast copper alloy dress fastener hook piece of post-medieval date. The fastener measures 33.6mm by 16.8mm by 2.2mm and weighs 4g. It has an teardrop-shaped plate with a trapezoidal loop at one end. At the other end there is a small projecting circular loop and there are two further circular loops on each side of the plate, adjacent to the trapezoidal hook. The small holes may have been used for attachment to cloth. The front of the plate has a bevelled edge and traces of silvering or tinning. | Subjects: | Hook Piece | 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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