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Description: | The dress hook is made from cast copper alloy. The length of the mount is 30mm and it is 14.8mm wide. In plan the upper portion ofthe dress hook is triangular with a sub-triangular hole in the centre. At each corner there is a moulded five petalled flower. The copper alloy border joining the floowers is decorated on the upper face by a mould twisted 'rope' design. On the reverse of this portion the dress hook is flat. Protruding from the lower edge of the lower corner flower is a length of integral copper alloy which is trapezoidal in section. This length curves backwards forming a hook, in profile the lower portion of the hook has a 'u' shape. The hook tapers to a blunt point. The surface of the mount is corroded and does not have any patina remaining. These dress hooks reappear in the 16th century. This dress hook is similar to those found in 17th century contexts in Norwich.
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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