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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: GLO-E3873A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy dress hook with a circular shaped serrated sided plate that supports a hemispherical dome secured in place by a central pin that has an expanded knop head. On the reverse is a reward projecting rectangular lead loop at the top with a separate rearward facing hook on the lower edge.
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: 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
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2020 - Wednesday 2nd December 2020
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Awre (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7008
Four figure Latitude: 51.76986456
Four figure longitude: -2.43616
1:25K map: SO7008
1:10K map: SO70NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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