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Description: | A thick sheet copper alloy probably Post medieval clothing fastener dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It is the hook piece from a hook and eye fastener. It is lozenge shaped and symmetrical, openwork with three attachment holes. There is a lozenge shaped aperture near the hook, an internally projecting trilobed terminal in the centre of the openwork plate, and a lozenge shaped knop at the apex with a projecting flat collar. There are no noticeable markings. The hook is partially missing but otherwise the fastener is complete. Size: Length: 46.5mm Width: 23.5mm. thickness, 1.5mm. Weight 5.4g. Compare Ref No 769 on Page 119 of "History Beneath Our Feet". Author: Brian Read. A corresponding eye piece recorded on the database is SWYOR-E8B2B1 which discusses other possible interpretations of the object. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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