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Description: | Incomplete medieval to post-medieval copper alloy sharp hooked dress fastener with hollow semi-circular cross-section tapering to the thinner, closed end from which springs an integral hook (tip missing). An offset runs the length of the long sides to lie flat against a (missing) flat sheet backplate. The convex face is decorated with pairs of transverse grooves at both ends, and between them with deeply filed lines in cross-hatched lozengiform pattern. The grooves and lines are inlaid with niello. Length (without hook) 20.5mm, width 11 - 13.5mm, thickness 5.5 to 7mm. Cf. London Museum Medieval Catalogue Plate LXXVI no.9. Read 2008 early post-medieval Class C Type 3. First half 16th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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