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Description: | An incomplete Post Medieval silver-gilt dress hook. This example is a fragment of a Read, Class A, Type 2 example; consisting of the lower dome of a trefoil shaped fastening. The dress hook is broken at the upper portion of the dome, where it was formerly connected to a further two domes. The circumference of the plate is decorated with a scalloped edge. The dome is decorated with twisted wire filigree forming three circles, the interior of the lower two circles contain a further three circles, with an annulet where they meet at the centre of the circle. At the centre of the design, there appears to be a missing annulet. The upper circle has no interior decorated further supporting that this is a fragment of a larger object. At the lower portion of the dome, there is a smaller circle which contains an annulet; this borders the cylindrical hook which projects from the reverse of the plate. The reverse of the hook is undecorated; however there is a 'V'-shaped stamp on the upper portion of the hook. The hook projects downwards from the down and then curves back towards the reverse of the dome, finishing with a pointed terminal. The hook has been flattened slightly and the hook twists to the left. The object measures 15.2 mm in length, 10.3 mm wide, 6.0 mm thick (at dome apex) and weighs 1.99 g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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