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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: HAMP-1D9442
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A slightly corroded cast copper-alloy post-medieval dress fastener. The main body of the object is broadly heart shaped, with an integral T-shaped bar at one end and sub-rectangular attachment loop at the other. The main body is openwork with a heart-shaped aperture. The sides of the body expand from the base in pointed lateral knops. They echo the end of the attachment loop which are pointed bilobes. At the other end the heart is divided by a transverse groove from the bar. The T-shaped bar curves downwards through almost ninety degrees (W.: 10.5mm). The artefact is almost entirely covered in grey/green corrosion product with small patches of red-brown metal showing through. Traces of tinning survive on the upper surface. An identical fastener can be found illustrated in Read (2008, 187; ref. 704), who has classified it as Class F, Type 1 and suggests they were used with 16th-/17th-century sword belts.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.25 mm
Height: 5.45 mm
Width: 18.95 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 3.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2011 - Monday 28th February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3088
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
To be known as: Ringwood CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 187 | 704 |
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