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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: SF-00A750
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy semi-circular back plate from a dress hook of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the front plate due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat and undecorated. Towards the base of the plate is a pair of circular rivet holes, still containing the corroded remains of separate iron rivets. At the bottom of the plate is an integrally cast hook. This is D-shaped in section, tapers to a point and bent forwards. The top of the hook is decorated with two transverse grooves.
This dress hook measures 26.04mm in length, 19.93mm in width, 1.73mm in thickness, 4.75g in weight.
This hook is similar in function to an example published by Read (Read, 2008, p. 218, no. 784).
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.04 mm
Width: 19.93 mm
Thickness: 1.73 mm
Weight: 4.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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