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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy dress fastener of probable seventeenth century date. The flat, formerly oval hook piece measures 25.1mm by 23.6mm by 2mm and weighs 4.07g. At one end is the stub of a blunt hook which has a loop on each side. In the centre of each side of the oval there is a rounded knop. The rest of the plate, including the third loop, is missing. The front of the plate has moulded decoration in the form of a beaded border containing a floral motif and there are traces of tinning or silvering. | 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: | 1600
1699 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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