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Description: | An Early Post-Medieval (1600-1700) copper alloy strap-hook with integral loop, measuring 61.44x25.26x13.88mm and weighing 12.68g.The object consists of an openwork plate c.3mm thick with moulded relief to the front, extending into a long sharp pointed hook c.40mm in length and D-shaped in cross-section (c.5x2mm) which curves behind. The integral loop measures 17.13mm in diameter (internal 12.88mm) with a crack (presumably through wear) at the point of suspension.Read (2008, Hooked-Clasps & Eyes, pp.232-3) suggests that the moulded relief depicts the torso of a human female figure with pigtail hairstyle and girdle around the hips. However with this example it might also be viewed the other way up to depict a forward-facing be-hatted bust with curlicues to either side.Cf. Read, ibid. no.830 and HESH-9F8A61 on this database. Read comments a comparable example was recovered from a 17th century context in Virginia, America. The decorated fronts of this type of hook suggests they were meant to be seen, and therefore might have clipped over a belt or leather strap to suspend a secondary object (perhaps a key or purse) from the integral loop (ibid, p.232).
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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