YORYM-EFEDBC: Post-medieval : Dress Hook

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HOOKED TAG

Unique ID: YORYM-EFEDBC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete copper alloy dress hook of post-medieval date. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 3 being circular in plan. The main plate consists of a moulded relief and open work design featuring a spray of three small flowers radiating from the top of the plate. A rectangular attachment loop projects from one edge of the main plate and a D-sectioned hook extends from the opposite edge curving to terminate in a worn point.

The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 26.3mm long, 15.4mm wide, 1.8mm thick and weighs 1.8g.

A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.100, no.375 and is dated to the early post-medieval period.

Class: Read Class E, Type 3

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.3 mm
Width: 15.4 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 1.8 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Barmston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TA1762
Four figure Latitude: 54.04071027
Four figure longitude: -0.21480183
1:25K map: TA1762
1:10K map: TA16SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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