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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: SUR-B1BDEC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper alloy wire-work eye section from a dress fastener or chatelaine hanger dating to the 16th century. The hook is constructed from coiled and flattened wire, arranged in six spirals, three to either side, with an open attachment loop on the long axis. At the base of this loop is a small hooked loop which likely represents the folded-back end of another of the wire components of the object. These components are collectively bound together along the centre by a rectangular bundle of finer gauge wire. See LON-587021 or LON-7E5A24 for comparable hook sections.
Notes:
Published examples include one from Lincoln (Egan in Mann 2008, 10-11; fig. 6/11) and one from London described as a belt attachment for a chatelaine (Egan & Forsyth 1997:227).
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
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
Length: 46.2 mm
Width: 31.4 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 5.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th July 2020
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: City of Westminster (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Churchill (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2977
Four figure Latitude: 51.4772595
Four figure longitude: -0.14384913
1:25K map: TQ2977
1:10K map: TQ27NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Forsyth, H. | 1997 | Wound wire and Silver Gilt: changing fashions in dress accessories c.1400-c.1600 | Oxford | Oxbow Monograph 98 | |||
| Mann, J. | 2008 | Finds from the Well at St Paul-in-the-Bail, Lincoln | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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