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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: LVPL-AF9737
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy early Post-Medieval dress hook of Read's Class A, Type 2. The object is oval in plan and convex with a foraward facing rectangular sectioned hook. The object has three attachment loops, two of which are incomplete at the base of the object while the upper loop remains intact. The object has a light green patiana and is undecorated.
Similar examples can be found in Read, (2008), p168.
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: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.32 mm
Width: 20.73 mm
Thickness: 6.52 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brereton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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