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Description: | A cast copper alloy dress fastener of probable seventeenth century date. The flat irregular octagonal catch-piece measures 25.1mm by 23.6mm by 2mm and weighs 4.07g. At one end is a rectangular loop, which has a smaller circular loop on each side. In the centre of each side there are two adjacent rounded knops. At the other end there is a further small circular loop which has a rounded knop to each side. The front of the plate has moulded decoration in the form of a beaded border containing an eight-petalled flower and there are traces of tinning or silvering. The catch-piece would have had a corresponding hook-piece.
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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