Record ID: SWYOR-6E8254 - POST MEDIEVAL dress fastener (dress)

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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)

Unique ID: SWYOR-6E8254

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Post Medieval Dress Fastener

A Post-Medieval cast copper alloy catch plate from a hook and eye dress fastener, dating from about 1550 - 1650 AD. The body is sub-oval in shape with a slightly domed front and has a shell-like decoration; the undecorated back is smooth and slightly concave. There are two pierced knops for attachment at one end of the body, flanking a now missing rectangular fastening loop. At the opposite end there would have been another pierced knop for attachment but this has been broken off. The catch plate has a light green patina. A complete example of the same design is SUR-11C176, and compare also WILT-20E648. The Surrey record notes that the clasps belong to Read's Class A, Type 7.

Length: 29.1mm; Width: 17.1mm; Thickness: 3.2mm; Weight: 3.89g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Length: 29.1 mm
Width: 17.1 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 3.89 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: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: South Yorkshire
District: Doncaster
To be known as: Clayton with Frickley

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th July 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Mary Blevins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Mary Blevins - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Ms Amy Downes - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1581

References cited

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