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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: GLO-45ACB5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Circular dress hook, round face with pinked and raised border, design of two initials, probably T A, in Lombardic script flanking a heart beneath a flower-head. Recurving hook on the back has been broken perhaps in an attempt to straighten it but the form of the hook suggests that it was originally bent in an s-shape, which, with the round shape of the front would suggest that this was a cap-hook.
The design on the front suggests a love theme perhaps with the initials of a betrothed or married couple.
Early -post-medieval (given the script), perhaps late 15th or early 16th Century.
Compare the type series in the British Museum including 2006, 3-1,1, 2-5,1-5,1, 2001,7-3,1, 2001, 3-10,1 in the Department of Prehistory and Europe.
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
Current location of find: Glouchester City Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008T230
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1475
Date to: AD 1525
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th October 2007
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 48500
Treasure case number: 2008T230
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
To be known as: Hartpury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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