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Description: | An incomplete 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 a circular, hollow-domed boss with an indeterminate pattern with a possible beaded border. It has a trapezoidal attachment loop and an integral D-shaped sectioned hook extending from the opposite end. The dress hook is worn and the reverse of the object is undecorated.The metal has a dark greenish-brown patina. It is 31.45mm long, 12.81mm wide, 1.54mm thick and weighs 1.93gSimilar examples are illustrated in Reads p.91-6, no.345 and are dated to the early post-medieval period.
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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