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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: IOW-C46390
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy dress hook (c. 1500-c. 1650). Read Class E, Type 5 (trefoil).
The hook element is largely missing.
The main plate is an openwork trefoil hatched/rope-work knot design which is 'D'-shaped in cross-section. The integral attachment loop is sub-rectangular, flat on the reverse. A pellets on the attachment loop, possibly representing roses, form terminals to each end of the knot. A portion of the integral hook is trapezoidal in cross-section, flat on the reverse. The reverse is plain and pitted.
This dress hook has a green patina with small areas of corrosion. The break is old.
Length: 25.0mm; width: 17.9mm; thickness: 2.0mm. Weight: 1.92g.
Similar example are illustrated in Read (Read 2008: 110, refs: 436; 437 (anthropomorphic); 438).
Read, B. (2008). Hooked-Clasps and Eyes. Langport: Portcullis Publishing.
Class: Class E, Type 5 (trefoil)
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 17.9 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018 - Wednesday 1st August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-1-247
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 110, refs: 436; 437; 438 |
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