DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: KENT-97F211
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published 
Large silver dress-hook, trefoil shaped. Triangular backplate with pinked outline, and three applied bosses, each decorated with applied filigree and knop decoration in spirals. At the centre, attached by a dome headed pin with butterfly attachment on the back, is a small flower-shaped corolla made from silver sheet. Front gilded. On the back, rectangular bar attachment (bent) and recurving pin.
16th Century.
Notes:
A large and rather crude version of a type commonly reported through the Act: compare Treasure Annual Report 2005-6, nos. 659, 663-4.
As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008T661
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Length: 24.8 mm
Width: 21.4 mm
Thickness: 8.1 mm
Weight: 6.3 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th October 2008
Personal details
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Recorded by: Miss Jennifer
Jackson
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Identified by: Miss Jennifer
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2008T661
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Ashford
Parish: Westwell
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR0047
Four figure Latitude: 51.187225 Four figure longitude: 0.860559
1:25K map: TR0047
1:10K map: TR04NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
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Created:
Tuesday 11th November 2008
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
