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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 open work design of an equal-armed cross with a central pellet with four holes in each of the subsequent sections made by the cross. This is bordered by a beaded and engrailed edge. The attachment loop survives and the tip of the hook proper has been lost to an old break. The object is worn and the reverse is undecorated.The metal has a dark brownish-red patina. It is 32.36mm long, 16.09mm wide, 1.27mm thick and weighs 1.81gA similar example is illustrated in Reads p.99, no.370 and is dated to the early post-medieval period.
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