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Description: | A complete silver sixteenth century dress hook in good condition. Designed in one plane and cast. In the form of a fleur-de-lis with a band element at the base of the flower. The fleur-de-lis is pierced in three place for sewing to cloth. The hook bends backwards sharply and terminates with a rounded point.
Examined by Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, Prehistory and Europe, The British Museum, under the Treasure Act. | 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
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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