Record ID: HAMP1024 - POST MEDIEVAL clothing fastening

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CLOTHING FASTENING

Unique ID: HAMP1024

Object type certainty: Certain

Copper-alloy clothing fastener. Rectangular loop, slightly distorted. Oval boss with moulded three-dimensional decoration consisting of a lion's head within an outer border with diagonal lines. Circular attachment loop perpendicular to boss. Upper surface gilded, much of which survives.

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Class: ?Possibly naval.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Length: 40 mm
Width: 26.5 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Fareham
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE FAREHAM

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Sally Worrell - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Sally Worrell - [view all attributed records]

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Stuart wrote @ 17:03:26 on the 14th November 2010.
Think this dates to the regency period circa 1815 and is military issue as i found one with a snake buckle connector which was attached to the loop. An example appears in Bryan Fosten,s book:Wellingtons Infantry 2 under the 95th rifles circa 1811 uniform and may have been part of the sword belt.