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Description: | A copper-alloy hooked dress fastener. It is oval in shape and measures 52mm in length and 22mm in width. One end of the oval plate terminates in a hook or possibly a loop, formed by bending a projecting strip of copper-alloy backwards until it meets the back of the oval plate. The plate itself is decorated on its front with an incised pattern within an grooved border; the pattern consists of curving crescentic leaves with groups of three incised circles at their tips. At the other end of the plate is a projecting rounded knop, with an iron rivet through its centre and a smaller knop on the end. The reverse is flat and undecorated; close to the hook there is an integral rivet visible on the reverse, with iron corrosion around it. The curvilinear decoration on this fitting, with small circles, dates it to the 17th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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