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Description: | A copper alloy dress hook dating to the early post-Medieval period. Often known as hook-clasps, these fasteners were the button of the day. This example can be compared to Read's single sharp-hooked clasps (p53-54), Class C type 3. Read describes this hook as convex with a semi-circular section, the front plate having hatching with transverse bands. These examples were often inlaid with niello but this example does not retain any. The back plate on this example is also missing, but would have had a square hole presumably for the attachment of the cord or thong.This example measures 33.07mm long, 14.46mm wide and weighs 3.6gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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