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Description: | A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy hook-piece from a post-medieval dress fastener (17th century AD). The artefact has broken before the double protruding attachment loops above the hook. Just over half of the sub-oval plate survives with a slightly bifurcated protrusion at the widest points. It tapers to a terminal with scrolled protrusions either side of a circular protruding attachment loop. The loop has been bent upwards slightly as a result of old damage; at the broken other end one of the sides has been bent down slightly. The upper surface is moulded in low relief and bears the Commonwealth Arms, the conjoined shields, set within a laurel wreath. The lower surface of the object is flat and plain, with the metal corroded to a red-brown colour with a covering of gery and off-white corrosion product. A parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2008, 177; ref. 673). Others with the same design have been recorded on this database; SUR-4DBAA7 is an eye-section also found in Hampshire.
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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