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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy dress hook (blunt hooked hook), of Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1600 - AD 1700).The hooked tag is ovoid (oval) in plan, with four complete circular attachment knops (or loops). A rounded and obliquely grooved ornamental knop on the end resembles a scallop shell. An incomplete blunt hook is present. The centre of the tag is decorated with an oval panel bearing a probable stylised fleur de lys (lis) borded by spirals but perhaps a winged insect. The back is undecorated.The hooked clasp measures 41.4 mm in length, 24.0 mm wide and 2.7 mm thick. It weighs 5.6 grams.The hooked clasp is a mid green to brown colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the ploughsoil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface and decorational detail.A comparative example has been published as #679 in Read, 2008 (p178) and he has classified them as Early Post Medieval Class A single blunt hooked and eye clasps, Type 9 which have four attachment knops and an ornamental knop. These are considered to be 17th Century in dating.
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