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Description: | A complete post medieval dress fastener, dating to the period c.AD 1500-1600. The dress fastener is D shaped in cross section and comprises an openwork design with a trapezoidal attachment loop at one terminal, around the lower edge of which are arranged three conjoined loops. The central loop is larger than those flanking, and narrows at its apex to the hook, which curves back on itself. A green-brown patina is present on the surface.The dress fastener measures 31.13mm in length, 19.45mm in width, 1.55m in thickness ansd weighs 2.82g.This is Read's Class E, Type 5 (Trefoil). Cf. Read (2008) p. 110, nos 436-439 and BUC-A0D783 on the database
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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