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Description: | Post medieval silver gilded dress hook or ball headed pin fragment , 15mm in diameter and 9mm high. The object is in fair condition and weighs 2.46grams. The object consists of a hollow dome which is decorated with three large and three small filigree circles, alternately placed around a central motif formed of three gilded knops. and a twisted border at its base. The large circles each have three further filigree circles, one of which retains a central gilded knop. Each of the small circles has a small central, dome which is heavily gilded.The object matches part of a dress hook, illustrated in Read,B. Hooked clasps and eyes, page193, fig 713 (Treasure case 2005 T238) but could equally be a pin head similar to HESH-7C2C98.
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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