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Description: | A post-medieval copper-alloy openwork dress fastener, This is the hook section of a hook and eye fastener, with the ring still in place. The dress fastener exhibits a circular projeting loop with the corroded remains of an iron rivet visible in the central aperture. The openwork decoration consists of two circular apertures positioned one above the other, with a lozengiform aperture to the side. The fastener then tapers and exhibits a circular rivet hole with the remaisn of a corroded rivet within. The fastener then narrows to forma projecting hook, the tip of which is bent backwards. The ring is held in place by the bend in the hook and is fomred of a single length of copper alloy bent into a circle.Length; 35.2mm. Width; 15.4 Weight; 3.1gms. Ring 10.0mm by 9.0mmA parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 42; ref. 357), with other examples of eye- and hook-pieces shown on the same page, classified as his Early post-medieval which he dates to the 17th centry.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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