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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: SWYOR-2D3FE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A silver Post Medieval dress hook or cap hook, dating from about 1500 - 1700. The dress fitting has a lozenge shaped plate wich is decorated with incised lines leaving a four petelled flower in relief, within a lozenge border. The recessed areas have been filled with niello or another white metal to give a two tone effect.The plate is 0.8mm thick.
On the reverse is soldered the remains of a hook. Only the straight part survives, fixed across the centre of the plate. It is round in section at the break where the curve starts, but is then flattened where it is soldered to the plate. The curved part of the hook is missing.
Compare hooks such as 2006 T323 (SF-970504). See also Read page 194 plate 718 which is similar Class A type 4
Notes:
The object contains more than 10% silver and is more than 300 years old, so it meets the requirements of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Class:
hat hook
Sub class: Read Class A type 4
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2013T535
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.42 mm
Width: 11.92 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 0.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd August 2013 - Sunday 25th August 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2131
Treasure case number: 2013T535
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Snarford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0582
Four figure Latitude: 53.32451626
Four figure longitude: -0.42501965
1:25K map: TF0582
1:10K map: TF08SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 194 | 718 Class A type 4 |
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