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Description: | A complete copper alloy dress hook dating to the post medieval period, the 16th or 17th century.The dress hook has a straight bar with no decoration which formed the attachment to the item of clothing. There are two straight sides at either end of the bar which are angled inwards but these then curve outwards to form an oval shaped frame. There are four attachments to the frame which possibly take the form of claws. Inside the frame there is openwork decoration with a central floral motif. There is a projection from the frame at the opposite side to the bar and this is D-shaped and faceted in profile. This projection extends outwards before curving back inwards to form a hook which remains intact with a sharp pointed end. The back of the dress hook is flat and undecorated.This object is a Read (2008) Class E, type 3 - circular or sub-circular. There is a similar dress hook in Read, catalogue number 415 and objects of this type have been found from stratified contexts in London dating to the period 1500 to 1550 however it seems likely that their use continued until at least 1700.
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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