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Description: | The dress hook has been made from cast copper alloy and measures 33.2mm long, 15.7mm wide, and 5.9mm thick at the curvature of the hook.
The upper portion of the dress hook has a horizontal rectangular shaped loop. Below this is the decorative body of the dress hook. This is sub-oval shape in plan. It has a central circular with a circular hole in the centre and radiating grooves around this hole. Bordering this circular platform are seven oval shaped openwork. Protruding from the lower edge of this body is a hook, which is semi-circular in section and tapers to a sharp point. The hook is 'U' shaped in profile.
The surface of the has a light brown patina with no corrosion.
These dress hooks can be dated to the 16th-17th centuries. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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