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Description: | Post Medieval (17th century) cast copper alloy clothes fastener (hooked end). The fastener is lozengeform with a hooked terminal at one end. There is an attachment loop to either side of the hook, and one at the opposing end, used to sew the fastener onto an item of clothing. The singular attachment loop has a small semi-circular knop to either side. The lozengeform place has a central raised boss, with eight sub-triangular petals radiating out from it. The two angles of the plate without attachment loops have two projecting semi-circular knops. The reverse of the fastener is plain and undecorated. It has a dark green patina, however large areas are red-brown in colour, where the surface is extremely worn and corroded. The fastener is 42.89mm long, 22.90mm wide, 1.74mm thick and weighs 5.54 grams. This hooked end is part of a two piece fastener. There would have been a similarly designed eye piece, for the hook to loop through.
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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