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Description: | A complete but broken post-Medieval dress-fastener (1500-1700 AD).This flat hook-piece is one part of a two-piece fastener. The other part would have had a loop to accommodate a hook. It is sub-oval in plan and within the frame a fleur-de-lis motif forms openwork decoration. At one end a forward projecting hook is rectangular with a semi-circular terminal end. Flanking the hook at either side is a perforated attachment lug. There is a similar lug at the opposite end. At the front all the edges, including those of the openwork, are bevelled. The holes in the lugs are counter-sunk at the front and rear.The front is smooth and has an olive green patina. At the rear the patina is similar but the surface is coarser than the front. Both faces have traces of tinning.Length: 43.01mm; width: 21.96mm; thickness: 9.14mm. Weight: 7.27g.This dress-fastener can be classified as a Read Class A, Type 8 (Read 2008: 175-177).
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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