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Description: | A complete copper alloy dress hook of post-medieval date. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 3 being circular in plan. The main plate is decorated with an moulded openwork design featuring an equal armed cross and central pellet within a beaded border. A worn rectangular attachment loop projects from one edge while the circular sectioned hook extends from the opposite edge. The hook is extremely worn and misshapen. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated.The metal has a mid greenish-brown patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 29mm long, 15.4mm wide, 1.2mm thick and weighs 1.1g.Similar examples are illustrated in Read, p.99.
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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