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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: CAM-A1A4A8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Catch-piece from a 17th-century dress fastener, made from copper alloy with a white-metal coating. It consists of a large central oval plate with a rectangular loop at one end and a small pierced D-shaped lobe, with terminal projection, at the other. Similar pierced D-shaped lobes are found on either side, set slightly closer to the rectangular loop than to the other end. One is complete and one is now broken and incomplete (fresh break). The dress fastener is decorated with a pattern of incised lines which radiate out from the centre of the rectangular loop, forming perhaps a plant-like pattern with two straight lines in the centre and a pair of outcurving lines to either side. At the ends of these lines are short curved lines made by the use of a circular stamp held at an angle. In the spaces between are tiny ring-and-dot stamps and areas of stipple made from very tiny punchmarks. There is also a border of tiny ring-and-dot stamps. The reverse is undecorated except for the white-metal coating. It measures 38 x 26 mm and weighs 5.79g.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1600
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 26 mm
Weight: 5.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th March 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: White metal
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Weston Colville (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6251
Four figure Latitude: 52.133556
Four figure longitude: 0.365507
1:25K map: TL6251
1:10K map: TL65SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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