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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy dress hook fastener with a trapezoidal attachment loop and missing the end of its hook. The body of the fastener is circular in plan and domed in profile with a hollow back. The upper face is decorated with a central raised boss surrounded by a five petalled rose, which is in turn surrounded by larger five petalled rose, with each petal having a bifid recessed edge.Bailey (1992) illustrates a similar example on page 30, No.7, which is dated from the 16th century.Read (2008) illustrates a similar example which are classified as Class E, Type 3, on page 95, No.345, which is dated from the early Post-medieval period.
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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