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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: LVPL-5AAB11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete hooked tag dating to the seventeenth century AD. The fragment comprises the central circular plate. This plate is hollow and hemispherical in section. Its upper surface is decorated with a cast floral motif. The underside is plain. The attachment loop is missing and only a small portion of the semi-circular section hook remains. The central plate has a diameter of 14.54mm and a thickness of 1.92mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.92 mm
Diameter: 14.54 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8458
Four figure Latitude: 53.11258
Four figure longitude: -0.746526
1:25K map: SK8458
1:10K map: SK85NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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