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Description: | Description: Silver gilt 16th century cap hook in the form of a Tudor rose. On the front face the rose has five moulded petals and a central protruding circular boss. The back face is flat and has a now incomplete pin across its middle; this pin is soldered on and incomplete due to an old break.
Discussion: Other Tudor cap-hooks are known from elsewhere, Gamister (2002, 169173) identifies them as a main category of Tudor dress accessory and it believed that they were used to embellish the hats of the Tudor elite.
This example is very similar to a complete cap-hook from Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire (2004 T191), which is also in the form of a Tudor rose with a recurving pin soldered to the back face (Treasure Annual Report 2004, 124, no 257).
Dimensions: 13.21mm in diameter and 2.61g in weight.
The precious metal content of this cap-hook fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10 %. | Subjects: | cap hook | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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