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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: NMS-6DB755
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Post Medieval tinned dress fastener, corroded scallop-shaped eyelet plate with broken eye between two attachment-loops at pointed end and sing broken attachment-loops projecting from broad end, 21 x >34mm. Cf. similar type in Read (1995) nos.771-2. 16th-17th 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: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Upwell
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | nos.771-2. |
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