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Description: | Cast copper alloy dress fastener. The upper face of the fastener consists of a central oval panel decorated at the centre with a lion's head that appears to have ears and mane. On either side of the head are foliate scrolls which are connected by drapery under the chin. This pattern falls within two oval concentric borders with a row of pellets in between, that gives it the appearance of a cameo. There is one complete circular loop, 2 mm in diameter, and one incomplete one either side of where a rectangular eye would have existed. The two broken edges of the eye remain to show that its width would have been 10 mm. At the opposite end of the fastener to the eye there would have been another attachment loop which is now missing but the edge of the decorative scrolls that flanked it remain. These loops would have allowed the fastener to be stitched onto the item of clothing. The eye would have taken the corresponding hook of another fastener on the opposite edge of the garment to bring both sides together. Both faces of the fastener show signs of tinning.Bailey (2004) illustrates a dress hook with a similar foliate pattern within an oval border on page 100, fig.2.43, which is dated from the 17th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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