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Description: | c.16th to c.17th Century complete copper alloy dress hook. Hooked section; a trefoil-shaped plate with heart aperture and a rounded attachment knop on the end aand a forward facing, close butted, blunt- hook at the other end, a rounded knop either side with a rivet-hole between. Laterally projecting circular eye in which the hooked-section is suspended. Corroded, dark green colour, hook slightly bent to one side. Suggested by Read 'Hooked- Clasps and Eyes as possibly being from a sword-belt or horse harness (cf Read p223, No 802) Length 54.4mm, Top end Width 21.74, Hook Width 5.34mm, Thickness 2.26mm, Weight 7.98g
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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