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Description: | Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy composite dress hook, Read (2008) Class C type 3. The plate is hollow and semicircular in section with narrow flange to either side, with a convex front-plate decorated with a cross-hatched panel inlaid with niello with transverse niello lines above and below. A circular sectioned rearward facing hook protrudes from the base. The back-plate has a crude trapezoidal perforation. Length of body 20mm (28mm including hook). Width 15mm. Height 8mm. Cf. Read (2008, 54, no.168 and 169). 16th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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