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Description: | A complete copper alloy dress hook dating to the post medieval period dating to the 16th or 17th century.The object is shield shaped in plan with open work decoration in the form of two horizontal bars across the width of the object and small arches between the two. Above the second bar there is open work decoration which possibly takes the form of vines and meets the curve of the D-shaped outline. Extending from the curvaturve of the frame is a projection with a D-shaped profile. There is a collar just beyond the frame and the projection then proceeds and eventually curves back on itself to form a hook, all of which is present including a sharp point. The straight bar of the frame has no decoration and would have formed the point of attachment to the item of clothing. The back of the dress hook is flat and undecorated.This dress hook is a Read (2008) Class E, type 2 due to it being shield shaped and there is a similar example, catalogue number 306. Similar dress hooks are known from 16th century contexts in London but it seems likely that their use continued until at least 1700.
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