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Description: | Hook part of a two-part cast copper alloy dress fastener of Post-Medieval date. The fastener is flat with a circular central plate and an integral hook at one end. The hook is fromed of a flat rectangular strip bent backwards ending in a square end. Flanking the base of the hook are two circular attachment holes, one still holding a copper alloy rivet . On the edge opposite the hook are two large projecting oval flat knops with circular holes through them, one holding the remains of an iron rivet. The front of the plate is decorated with a border of small stamped annulets within which is a rectangular shape defined by a second border of annulets within which is an unclear figure. The front has extensive traces of gilding. The back is plain.The exact design on this example is unclear but the form is similar to other later 16th to 17th century examples. The use of rivets rather than thread suggests it was attached to leather rather than cloth.
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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