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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy dress hook (AD1500-1600). The body of the hook is hollow and has a convex front and a flat rear plate (length: 23.03mm; width: 13.85; thickness: 9.05mm). The flat rear plate has a central square perforation that has been cut after casting (length: 9.05mm, width: 6.82mm). This square perforation would enable to dress hook to be sewn onto a garment. At the top there should be an integral hook for attachment but this does not seem to be present. The edge of the square perforation is detached at one edge and is bent forward.
The convex front plate has a rebate/groove down each long side. Between these grooves is a longitudinal zone of cross-hatching enclosed within a horizontal line at the top and bottom of the pattern. The pattern is in-laid with niello.
The hook has been cast in one piece. Mid green patina.
These hooks were sewn to garments to keep dresses off the ground. This dress hook belongs to a class of three-dimensional novelty reproductions of everyday household objects, in this case it appears to represent a sewing thimble. It is very similar to IOW-B6DF01. However, that example is of slightly different construction and the decoration is raised crosss-hatching as opposed to inlaid with niello.
Dimensions: length: 23.37mm; width: 13.11mm; thickness: 7.38mm; weight: 4.75g. | 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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