Dress hook

Unique ID: DENO-CA9E97

Object type certainty: Certain

Post medieval cast copper alloy dress hook, Read Class E, Type 5, 16th/17th century. Openwork trefoil mount with moulded decoration formed from an unhatched Hungerford knot with a pellet at each running end of the ‘cord’, with transverse bar above; the hook is complete. Patchy black & green surface flaking off in places exposing grey-purple surface. Length 27.1mm, width 19.0mm, thickness not including hook 2.0mm, overall thickness including hook 7.1mm, weight 2.43g.

See Brian Read 2008 (‘Hooked-clasps and Eyes’, Portcullis) p.110, no.s 436-439 for similar dress hooks.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1550
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Length: 27.1 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 2.43 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Nottinghamshire
District: Ashfield
To be known as: Sutton in Ahsfield

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Undisturbed grassland [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th December 2008 - Thursday 12th March 2009

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Rachel Atherton - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Rachel Atherton - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: Derby E6560

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    Created: Wednesday 8th April 2009
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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