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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy dress fastener of Post-Medieval date, probably seventeenth century (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Length: 38.6mm; width: 30.1mm and 1.2mm thick. Weight: 5.73g. The fastener is largely sub-oval in plan and has an integral hook which is incomplete due to an old transverse break. At the end opposite the hook, and also at each side, there is a small integral perforated knop. Each perforation, used for attachment, is circular and has a diameter of 3.1mm. The front of the plate is decorated with a moulded floriate motif within a border consisting of small annulets. The rear face is flat and plain. The object is corroded. However, a considerable amount of dark green patina has survived on both faces. Where a patina is not present the surface colour of the metal is reddish. Similar fittings have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds from Trull Parish, Somerset and West Crewkerne Parish, Somerset: SOM-E0FF65 and SOM-103EF2.
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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