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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: GLO-EE1A75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver gilt dress hook with a trefoil shaped plate that supports three hemispherical domes, each decorated with applied filigree and granulated ornament in the form of three sets of trefoils of annulars enclosed by a circlet punctuated by knops all separated by a circlet and pellet at the base. Flat border with a serrated edge surrounds the plate. In the centre is a pin that is split at the rear, the opposite end is flattened and slightly expanded to hold a small circular plate that is decorated with radiating lines. On the reverse is a rectangular loop at the top and a rearwards facing hook below.
Similar examples can be found from Gloucestershire GLO-54E460 (2017T192), Essex (ESS-9B9893, 2013 T397) and Worcestershire (WAW-59A283, 2013 T883).
Notes:
This record was generated form emailed images supplied by the finder during the 2020/21 Covid-19 lockdown.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2021T220
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
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd March 2021 - Monday 22nd March 2021
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2021T220
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
Parish or ward: Didmarton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8187
Four figure Latitude: 51.58153541
Four figure longitude: -2.27560176
1:25K map: ST8187
1:10K map: ST88NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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