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Description: | Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy sharp hooked dress fastener with a hollow semi-circular cross-section tapering to the thinner, closed end from which springs an incomplete integral hook. An offset runs the length of the long sides to lie flat against a flat sheet back-plate. The convex face is decorated with pairs of transverse grooves at both ends, and between them with deeply filed lines in a cross-hatched lozengiform pattern. The grooves and lines are filled with niello. Length (without hook) 25mm, width 14.5 - 12mm, thickness 6.5 to 5.5mm. Cf. London Museum Medieval Catalogue Plate LXXVI no.9. Read 2008, 53-5, early post-medieval Class C Type 3. End 15th - mid 16th cent. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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