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Description: | Hook part of a two-part cast copper alloy dress fastener of Post-medieval, seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). The fastener is flat and largely sub-oval in plan with an integral hook at one end separated from the main plate by slightly widened collar. The hook is formed of a flat rectangular strip with a rounded end, bent forwads and back on itself 180 degrees. At the end opposite the hook, and in the centre of each side, there are integral perforated knops each with a slight knop on the outer edge, now worn. The front of the plate is plain but a small area of white metal coating suggests surface decoration has corroded off the rest of the plate. The rear face is flat and plain.Read (2008, p170, no.639) illustrates an identical fastener from South Somerset which he dates to the 17th century
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