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Description: | Complete cast in one copper alloy dress fastener of Post Medieval date, sixteenth or seventeenth century (AD 1500 ? AD 1700). Length 28mm, maximum width 21mm and a maximum thickness of 3mm. Weight 6.01g. The plate of the fastener is sub-triangular in plan and has an integral loop at one end of the long axis. This loop is sub-rectangular in plan. At the other end of the long axis is a sewing hole, a protruding circular lug, which has a circular perforation, 2.2mm in diameter. There are similar sewing holes at each of the other two corners of the plate. The front face has moulded decoration and takes the form of a central flower bud. Two stalked flowers spring from the bud and each has five petals. The border of the plate is embellished with scroll work. The sub-rectangular loop is plain and triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. The reverse face is largely flat, although there is a distinct depression behind the bud. The fastener is in good condition and has a mid-green patina. | 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: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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