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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 5 being trefoil in plan. The main plate is an openwork trefoil knot design with a D-shaped section. Two small sub-circular details mark the join between the main plate and the attachment. The bottom loop of the trefoil design and the hook proper has been lost due to old breaks. The dress hook is very worn and the reverse of the object is undecorated.The metal has a greenish-brown patina. It is 16.05mm long, 17.03mm wide, 1.31mm thick and weighs 1.14gA similar example is illustrated in Reads p.110, no.436 and is dated to the early post-medieval period.
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