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Description: | A Post-Medieval copper alloy dress fastener catch-piece (16-17th century). This catch-piece has an oval plate decorated with moulded curling patterns around a central sexfoil flower, all enclosed with two raised concentric ovals, forming borders. There are pairs of rounded projections (tendril spirals) midway along the sides, and one end. On the opposite end is a rectangular loop that forms the catch-piece for the corresponding hooked dress fastener that originally formed a pair with this artefact. At the junction between the loop and the plate are two loops with a third at the other end. These were the sewing loops for attachment to clothing. Large amounts of silvering or tinning remain on all surfaces. Patchy pale green patina
Dimensions: length 36.75mm, width 20.71mm; thickness 2.38mm; weight 6.76g | 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 | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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