Record ID: LVPL-6BB8E3 - POST MEDIEVAL dress hook

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DRESS HOOK

Unique ID: LVPL-6BB8E3

Object type certainty: Certain

Cast copper alloy dress hook dating to the early Post Medieval period. The object is triangular in plan with an openwork centre. Each angle of the triangle is decorated with a five petalled flower. Between each flower the sides have cable decoration. The hook is long and complete, terminating in a sharp point. The hook is rectangular in cross-section. The object can be classified as Read early post-medieval class D, Type 4.

Similar examples can be found in Read, (2008), p70.

Class: Class D
Sub class: Type 4

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Length: 30.49 mm
Width: 14.06 mm
Thickness: 2.41 mm
Weight: 1.6 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: North West
County: Cheshire
District: Chester
To be known as: Mollington

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: Friday 1st July 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Vanessa Oakden - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Vanessa Oakden - [view all attributed records]

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