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Description: | Treasure case: 2009T635. Acquired by The Museum of Somerset. Silver dress fitting comprising a domed circle of silver, with design of three knops surrounded by raised filigree ropetwists and smaller knops within ropetwist border. On the back, a single hook made out of doubled twisted wire, terminating in two attachment loops, had been soldered on.This is a puzzling dress fitting and represents a new type. It is reasonably close in design to other flat hooks reported through the Treasure Act, including one with a fleur-de-lis with a similar hook made of doubled silver wire on the reverse, see TAR 2003 no. 301, then reported as 18th Century in date. It may be that this hook should be similarly dated or it may be that they represent another 16th Century type. The similarity of filigree ornament on this fitting and on the spherical headed pins commonly reported through the Act as 16th Century would suggest an earlier dating for both pieces, but this would have to remain tentative in the light of current knowledge. Report by Dora Thornton of The British Museum.
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