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Description: | A complete early post medieval dress hook made of copper alloy. This is a read Class E, Type 4. A trapezoidal loop at the top of the head forms the attachment loop. The diamond shaped plate features relief and openwork decoration showing a fleur-de-lis bordered by beaded and engrailed edges. The hook is backward pointing and tapers to a sharp point.The plate and the hook are D shaped in cross section. The reverse of the plate is flat and undecorated. Read states that these objects are cast (2008). There is a remnant of the casting flash inside the loop.The plate is distorted. On the reverse there is a visible crease running across the width of the plate where it has been slightly bent backwards. The surface patina is predominantly red/grey in colour with some patches of green inside the loop, in the grooves between the beads, and on the reverse.This object measures 30.16mm long x 16.07mm wide x 1.81mm thick. It weighs 2.48g.A similar example is published in Read (2008) page 107, number 423. For an example on the PAS database see LVPL-8EB2A4.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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