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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-6A276B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy dress hook, a very large example of Read 2008 early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class E. The oval loop is comparatively small. In the centre of the gently domed plate a hole punched through from the front may have held a circular appliqué within a cabled moulded ring which is set within a circle of fifteen annulets. This in turn is surrounded by another ring of cable moulding. The edge consists of six rounded lobes, including two flanking the loop, and the intervening spaces are filed with pellets. The hook springs from an elaborate collar, a large pellet between a pair of oblique spiked projections and above a moulding which probably represents a pair of eyes. There are traces of white-metal coating. A close parallel has not been noted. Weight 8.0g. Length 49mm. Width 28.6mm. 16th century.
Class:
Read 2008 early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class E
Sub class: Type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 28.6 mm
Weight: 8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Friday 1st October 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 32801
Other reference: BM102021
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Dunton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8929
Four figure Latitude: 52.82537964
Four figure longitude: 0.80372878
1:25K map: TF8929
1:10K map: TF82NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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