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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy dress hook (single sharp hooked clasp), of Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1600).The hooked clasp consists of a sub rectangular attachment loop with a sub circular moulded relief panel. The curved edge is beaded and engrailed. The clasp has been decorated with a moulded scallop shell. A shallow ridged collar is present at the juncture between the plate and the hook. A rounded knop is present at either corner of the attachment loop. A single sharp hook is present at the end. The back is plain and undecorated.It measures 31.85 mm in length, 17.48 mm wide and 6.06 mm thick. It weighs 2.3 grams.The hooked clasp is a mid green to brown colour, with an even surface patina.A comparative example have been published as #471 in Read, 2008 (p116) , classified as Early Post Medieval Class E single sharp hooked clasps, Type 8. Read (2008, 87), mentions that all Class E clasps recovered by the Thames Mudlarks have been from secure c. AD 1500 to c. AD 1550 deposits, suggesting a 16th Century date.Reference:Read, B. (2008) Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing, Langport.
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