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Description: | A fragment from an oval copper-alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date of Reads Early Post-Medieval Class A, Type 13. Only part of the base of the plate survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.It is flat with a decorated front face with open work decoration. Consisting of tendrils, foliate and small multi-petalled flowers. At the juncture of the plate and hook there are two transverse grooves to form a collar.This dress hook measures 11.38mm in length, 16.75mm in width, 1.37mm in thickness, 0.94g in weight.There is a similar example published by Read (Read, 2008, p. 181, no. 692). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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