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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 oval in plan with a forward facing hook formed or a rectagular strip at one end, the tip of which is missing to an old break. The hook is separated from the main plate by a collar indicated by a pair of incised lines and slight knops ro either side. At the end opposite the hook, and in the centre of each side, there are integral perforated knops each with a small knop on the outer edge; the one opposite the hook is mostly missing to an old break. The front and back are tinned, the front of the plate is corroded but appears to be undecorated. It is 34.8mm long, 29.5mm wide, 1.7mm thick, 4.5mm including the hook and weighs 5.56 grams.Read (2008, p170, no.636-7) illustrates similar hook sections which he dates to the 17th century.
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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