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Description: | Incomplete medieval copper alloy sharp hooked dress fastener of hollow semi-circular cross-section tapering from a missing open end to a narrower, closed end from which springs an integral hook. An offset along the length of the long sides lies flat against a sheet back-plate, partly broken across a circular cut-out. The convex face is decorated with a pair of transverse grooves at both ends framing an engraved cross-hatched lozengiform pattern, no trace of niello. Length 30mm. Width 14mm. Thickness 9mm. Cf. Ward Perkins 1940, pl. LXXVI no.9. Read 2008 early post-medieval Class C Type 3. Early 16th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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