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Description: | A cast copper alloy dress hook from the early post-medieval period (c 1500 - 1700). The body is circular in shape, Class E Type 3 (see Read, 2008: 319) with a hollow domed boss bearing a moulded relief of a five petelled double rose. The undersive is concave and the hook is somewhat distorted.The attachment loop is trapezoidal, and the end of the hook is missing. There is some evidence of gilding on the surface.These clasps would have been stitched directly onto fabric through their attachment loops, and would have been common on either ends of a short textile like a leather strap, sewn or knotted directly onto garments or linked onto either end of a length of chain (See Read, 2008:87). For a similar artefact, see Read, 2008: 95 - Figs. 342-346.Dimensions:Weight 2.05g, length 32mm, width 14mm
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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