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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy dress hook of post-medieval date. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 2 being shield shaped in plan. The main plate is comprised of a moulded relief and openwork design consisting of a transverse cable band surmounted by two fleur-de-lis. Below the band is a swag design from the centre of which the hook would extend. The hook has been lost to an old worn break. A rectangular attachment loop projects from the opposite edge and would have been used to fasten the object to a garment. The reverse of the dress hook is flat and undecorated.The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The dress hook is 22mm long, 14.6mm wide, 2mm thick and weighs 1.5g.A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.89, no.305 and is dated to the early post-medieval period.
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