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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: DUR-BCCF74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A silver gilt post Medieval dress hook.
Read Class D, Type 6. Trefoil shape in plan.
Each trefoil is decorated identially. The hook and the loop on the back of the plate are still present.
There is a pellet of silver in the middle of the three lobes, in the centre of each lobe, and also at the junction between each of the lobes. Each of the lobes has a border of twisted wire. Around the central pellet of silver are four circles made of twisted wire.
Thickness of body is 5.13mm and thickness including hook is 9.28mm.
Notes:
The filigree decoration is close to that found on dress pins with ball terminals reported through the Treasure Act and suggests that this dress fitting was probably made in a work shop that also produced the pins. A new type of design to be reported through the Treasure Act.
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
TVC Valuation 09/03/2012: £150
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Hull and East Riding Museum Service
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2011T308
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.6 mm
Width: 15.97 mm
Thickness: 5.13 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th March 2011
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2011T308
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0373
Four figure Latitude: 54.14251816
Four figure longitude: -0.42475932
1:25K map: TA0373
1:10K map: TA07SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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