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Description: | A silver-gilt composite dress hook; the back plate is trifoliate in plan with notches around the edge. There is a asymmetrical sub-U shaped profile and has a circular section, with one terminal tapering to a sharp point, the other flattened and soldered to the lower lobe of the back plate. The central of the back plate has a circular perforation through which there is a separate decorative rivet. The head of the rivet, on the outer face of the back plate is bulbous. The shank of the rivet is actually formed by two arms, which on the reverse of the black plate are separated to enable the rivet to be fixed. Along the top edge of the reverse of the back plate there is a rectangular loop which is where the dress hook would have been sown onto the garment. The outer face of the back plate has a large hemispherical boss on each lobe. Each hemisphere is decorated with three single-strand 'rope-twist' filigree wire circlets and a domed pellet at the apex. The outer face of the dress hook is silver gilt. The dress hook measures 20.89mm long, 14.09mm wide, 7.09mm thick and weighs 2.94g. Dress hooks of similar form have been reported in recent years under the Treasure Act 1996. Prompted by the reporting of these artefacts through the Treasure Act (1996) Gaimster et al (Gaimster, D. 2002 'Tudor Silver-Gilt Dress Hooks: A New Class of Treasure Find in England' Antiquaries Journal Vol. 82 p. 157-196) wrote an article discussing them, and dating the dress hooks to the 16th century. In this article similar examples are illustrated, for example No. 1. Similar silver-gilt examples have been reported as treasure for example Treasure case Nos. 2012 T297 (IOW-6CD1A5) from the Isle of Wight and 2011 T867 (NMS-0A8C23) from Norfolk.
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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