SWYOR-B29CB1: Post medeival dress fastener

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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)

Unique ID: SWYOR-B29CB1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy incomplete dress fastener; part of a seventeenth century hook and eye clasp. The operational part of the piece is missing so it is not clear whether it is the hook or the catch piece. The fastener is a plate of metal which is currently oval, but which may originally have been more trefoil shaped. There is a broken sewing loop at one end, and the other end of the plate is damaged, so the hook or catch, and the other two sewing loops are missing. The reverse is plain and the whole plate is bent. The front is decorated with a swirling fleur like design which is typical of the seventeenth century. Similar examples are illustrated on page 100 of Bailey’s ‘Buttons and fasteners’ (2004) and similar examples on the database are SOM-E0FF65 and IOW-4C1531.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.2 mm
Width: 24.3 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 3.68 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 3rd March 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Nottinghamshire

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
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

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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