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Description: | A copper alloy double hooked dress fastener or cloak clasp with a hook at each end and which is 85.8mm long. The fastener is formed from a strip of copper alloy of rectangular section. It reduces in width and is bent into a pointed hook at each end. The metal has a dark brown patina.Double hooked fasteners are described in Bailey (2004) and are dated to the Tudor period. A similar but smaller excavated example is illustrated in Ottaway and Rogers (2002, 2919) and dated to circa 1540. Number 3038 in the Meols catalogue is another similar object, suggested to date from the 16th century.This fastener is probably Tudor in date as well.Many examples have a decorative element in the centre of the hook; there is no evidence of this for this example.
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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