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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval two-piece hooked wire dress fastener (1500-1700).The hook is missing.The frame is made of thick wire and is sub-triangular in plan, flat at the front and rear with rounded corners. It is bent into a loop and each end spirals back to butt against the side of the frame. The rear face has a stamped maker's mark:M G HOCKLEYThe object is mid-brown overall.Length: 25.1mm; width: 20.7mm; thickness: 1.5mm. Weight: 1.62g.A similar fastener from Norfolk has been published (Read 2008: 142, ref: 561).Compare with: NMS-8030D3.Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-hooked clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Rings or Toggles. Portcullis Publishing: Langport, Somerset.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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