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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy dress hook (c. 1500-c. 1600). Read Class E, Type 2 (shield-shaped).The majority of the hook is missing.It has a shield-shaped openwork plate that is rectangular in cross-section. At the top of the plate is an integrally cast rectangular suspension loop. At the centre of the plate is a transverse band which was possibly cabled. Above the band are two fleurs-de-lis flanked by openwork and beneath it is openwork forming foliate decoration. At the bottom of the plate is the stub of a hook which is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear.This dress hook is corroded and reddish brown with patches of a green patina. The break is old.Length: 22.9mm; width: 14.3mm, thickness: 2.0mm. Weight: 1.79g.A similar dress hook has been published (Read 2008: 89, ref: 305).Compare with similar finds: DENO-676036; LANCUM-801194; SF-93870C; YORYM-944BE2 and YORYM-B5F226.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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