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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)

Unique ID: HAMP-00454A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Early Post-Medieval cast copper alloy dress fastener (eye clasp) dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The object is of Read Class A Type 2, being oval in plan with three attachment knops and a rectangular attachment loop. The upper surface has incised decoration comprising a border of punched ring and dot motifs inside of which is a foliate design in the form of three flowers. Much of the empty space in the design has been decorated with tiny transverse grooves and very fine hatching. There is also an incised collar of three semi-circles between the plate and the loop. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid green patina. The object measures 37.2mm in length, 27.35mm at maximum width and weighs 4.37g.
A very similar fastener is illustrated in Read 2008; 171, no.642.

Sub class: Read Class A Type 2

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 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 37.2 mm
Width: 27.35 mm
Weight: 4.37 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form No.3817

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: New Alresford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5832
Four figure Latitude: 51.08439423
Four figure longitude: -1.17332349
1:25K map: SU5832
1:10K map: SU53SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	171	642

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Audit data

Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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