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Description: | Half of a copper alloy post medieval probable hooked dress fastener from hook and eye pair. The object is 18.9mm long, 14.6mm wide and 4.3mm thick. It is formed from a sheet of copper alloy which is bent in a U shape at one end to form a wide blunt hook. The flat part of the plate almost certainly tri-lobed, but only half survives. There is a circular rivet hole through the surviving side lobe. The edges of the hook are damaged and it is possible that this was actually larger, perhaps a back plate and that the object was some form of strap end. There are traces of gilding on the front and the metal has a light green patina which is extensively pitted. Geake (2001) describes hook and eye fasteners and dates them to the sixteenth and seventeenth century. | Subjects: | hook piece | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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