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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 comprised of a trefoil of hollow-domed bosses, each with a central pellet within a circle of pellets on a hatched field. A trapezoidal attachment loop projects from one edge and a worn break is present at the opposite edge from which the hook would have extended.The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The dress hook is 19.1mm long, 15.2mm wide, 3.4mm thick and weighs 1.9g.A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.111, no.444 and is 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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