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Description: | Cast copper alloy dress hook dating to the early Post-Medieval period. The object is sub-sheild shaped in plan and as such can be classified as Read's Class E, Type 2. The object has been cast as one piece and is decorated with openwork. The backwards facing hook is complete however has been folded back onto itself. There is a ridged collar at the juncture of the plate and hook. A similar example is no 314, p91, Read, (2008).
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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