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Description: | Post medieval dress hook; cast copper alloy dress hook of 16th century date. The hook has a lozenge-shaped attachment loop at the top, which has been bent over backwards so it is perpendicular to the plane of the rest of the hook. Below the loop is a sub-circular, openwork plate with a design of circular loops and 'petals'. The hook extends below this, as a flat, tapering band of copper alloy, curved backwards at the bottom. There is a single transverse collar at the juncture of the plate and the hook.Length (as bent) 22.6mm, approximate length (if straightened) 32.5mm, width 14.6mm, thickness (plate) 1.5mm, weight 1.56gRef: Bailey 'Buttons and Fasteners' (pp. 92-99, figs.12.11, 12.37)
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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