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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: NLM-378F45
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy silvered clasp. Cast blunt-eyed hook from a hook and eye clasp, Read (2008) Class A Type 2. An oval plate with three attachment loops (one lost) and a collared curved blunt hook at one end. The two remaining loops bear small knops. Incised decoration of the plate comprises a trilobate figure with circular or curvilinear additions against a diagonally hatched ground. White metal plating remains on both sides of the object. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Length: 34.2mm, Width: 32.8mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 6.34gms.
Class: Read (2008) 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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.2 mm
Width: 32.8 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 6.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26623a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Keelby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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