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Description: | Post Medieval (mid 16th to 17th centuries) dress hook: The body of the dress hook is sub-circular in plan with moulded rose decoration. The reverse of the body is concave and undecorated. The upper edge of the body has an integral rectangular loop which is broken. The loop allows the dress hook to be stitched to the garment. Integral to the lower edge of the body is the hook which is curled towards the reverse of the hook. The surface of the dress hook has abraded green coloured surface. The dress hook measures 31.47mm long and 13.85mm wide across the body. It weighs 1.93g.Read (2008) classifies this type as Class E, Type 3, for example No. 345, which he dated to the to the first half of the 16th century, and Margeson (1993) illustrates a similar dated dress hooks, Nos. 71 to 75, and dates these types of objects to the late 16th to 17th centuries.Margeson, S., 1993. Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58. Norwich: Norwich Survey/Norfolk Museums ServiceRead, B., 2008. Hooked-Clasps and Eyes Devon: Portcullis Publishing
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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