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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: DOR-735B51
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver gilt dress hook. A trefoil plate with a pinked outer edge. On each lobe is a dome decorated with three wire circles. At the centre, between the domes, is a separately applied wide-headed pin which is attached with a butterfly fastening visible at the back of the plate. Soldered to the back of the plate behind the lower of the three lobes is a recurving pointed hook. There are solder marks at the top of the plate where a bar was attached. The surfaces are gilded.
Date: Post Medieval - 1500 - 1600
Dimensions: 17.69 mm x 14.28 mm x 8.94 mm
Weight: 2.09 g
A similar dress hook is recorded as ESS-F443F4
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T138
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.69 mm
Width: 14.28 mm
Thickness: 8.94 mm
Weight: 2.09 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS entry 02296
Treasure case number: 2012T138
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8332
Four figure Latitude: 51.08705966
Four figure longitude: -2.24409498
1:25K map: ST8332
1:10K map: ST83SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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