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Description: | Loop 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 largely sub-oval in plan with an integral rectangular loop at one end seperated from the main plate by slightly widened collar. The loop is broken on the outer side. At the end opposite the loop, and in the centre of each side, there are integral perforated knops each with a small knop on the outer edge. The front of the plate is decorated with stamped circle and incised line floriate pattern with a border of small stamped circles and a row of stamped semicircles between the main plate and the collar. The rear face is flat and plain. It is now 36.6mm long, 28.1mm wide and 1.6mm thick; 4.79 grams.Read (2008, p171, no.643) illustrates an identical fastener which he dates to the 17th century. SUSS-405351 is a complete example on our database.
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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