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Description: | A cast copper alloy dress fastener of probable seventeenth century date. The incomplete flat oval hook-piece measures 43.8mm by 24.5mm by 2.1mm and weighs 6g. At one end is an flat forwards-curving hook with a rounded end. Part way along each side and at the end opposite the hook, there is a small attachment loop, all of which are incomplete. The front of the plate is decorated with a moulded floriate motif. There are fragmentary traces of the original tinned surface, but most has worn away. The hook-piece would have had a corresponding catch-piece. It is very similar to SOM-103EF2 (from West Crewkerne, Somerset) and SOM-66AE51 (from Curry Rivel, Somerset).
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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