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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: SWYOR-C16C95
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy dress fastener, perhaps part of a cloak fastening, probably dating from the early post medieval period, AD1500-1650. It consists of a loop of copper alloy wire of circular section, one end of which extends to become the shaft and curved hook of the fastener. At the other end of the loop, the wire is extended into a shorter section: this is bound to the shaft with five turns of thinner gauge wire in order to prevent the loop from springing open. Traces of some sort of white metal coating remain on the fastener; elsewhere it displays a dark brown patina. It is 28mm long, 15mm wide and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 1.83gm.
Class: Read Class C type 2 page 142 plate 559
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 1.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th September 2011 - Wednesday 28th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Doncaster 945
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Owersby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0594
Four figure Latitude: 53.432338
Four figure longitude: -0.421036
1:25K map: TF0594
1:10K map: TF09SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 142 | 559 |
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