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Description: | A copper alloy Post Medieval dress hook: The body of the dress hook is sub-circular in plan with moulded decoration. The decoration has a '+' with four perforations in each angle. This is bordered by a beaded edge. The reverse of the body is flat and undecorated. The upper edge of the body has the remains of an integral rectangular loop. The loop allows the dress hook to be stitched to the garment. Integral to the lower edge of the body would be the hook, but this is now missing. The surface of the dress hook has abraded green coloured surface. The dress hook measures 15.8mm long and 13.85mm wide across the body. It weighs 0.9g.Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey, Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology 58) illustrates similar dated dress hooks, Nos. 71 to 75, and dates these types of objects to the late 16th to 17th centuries.
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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