Rights Holder: National Museums Liverpool
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Unique ID: LVPL-E1D148
Object type certainty: Probably
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An incomplete cast copper alloy probable dress hook dating to the Early Medieval period. The object consists of a single sheet of copper alloy and is leaf shaped in plan. It is decorated with two ring-and-dot motifs in the centre and the remains of a third motif to the right had side. It is likely that another ring-and-dot motif would have decorated the left hand side forming asymmetrical decoration. The hook of the object has broken away. The object has a light green patina. A similar example which can be found on the database is Oakden, V (2012) LVPL-D7F7E1 A EARLY MEDIEVAL DRESS HOOK Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/483483.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 410
Date to: Circa AD 1066
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.59 mm
Width: 15.94 mm
Thickness: 0.77 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th December 2012
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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