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DRESS HOOK

Unique ID: CORN-7416E5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Cast copper alloy clothes hook fastener with sharp-pointed hook. The asymmetrical quatrefoil openwork, consists of two sub-square-shaped loops and two crescent-shaped loops, below a rectangular loop and cross bar, which would have allowed the fastener to have been attached onto the garment. The decoration consists of punched annulets on the upper face of the fastener, around the edge of the openwork, and surrounding a central fleur blossoming out of two leaves or strands of foliage from the boss above the hook.
Bailey (2004) illustrates two comparable examples on page 96, Fig.12.17 and 12.21, which he dates to the 16th century.

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: AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.02 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th May 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Marazion (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5231
Four figure Latitude: 50.127132
Four figure longitude: -5.471223
1:25K map: SW5231
1:10K map: SW51SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bailey, G.	2004	Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840	Essex	Greenlight Publishing	96, Fig.12.17 and 12.21

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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