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Description: | Complete cast in one piece copper alloy dress hook. Post-medieval, sixteenth to seventeenth century. Length 40.6mm, maximum width 19mm and 2mm thick. Weight 4.55g. The dress hook has a sub-rectangular attachment loop and a generally circular plate which is flat on the reverse side. The centre of the plate has a plain circular area, 9mm in diameter, which is defined by a raised circular moulding. Surrounding the plain central area are 9 roughly circular depressions. Five of these actually perforate the plate. Each side of the plate has a wavy profile. At the junction between the plate and the hook are two small perforations below which there are two parallel horizontal ribs. The rearward hook tapers to a point and is D-shaped in cross-section. Flat on reverse side.
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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