WMID-192178: Post Medieval: Incomplete Read Class E, Type 3 dress hook

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DRESS HOOK

Unique ID: WMID-192178

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy hooked tag (dress hook) of Post Medieval dating (16th Century AD).

Around 75% of the dress hook is present, with the hook and loop now incomplete.

The dress hook has a circular flat plate with moulded decoration. The decoration consists of a five petalled rose within a cusped border. The reverse is plain and undecorated.

The dress hook measures 24.6 mm in length, 13.5 mm wide and 2.7 mm thick. It weighs 1.4 g.

The dress hook is a mid brown colour, with an even surface patina.

A similar example. although with an openwork plate, has been published as #345 in Read, 2008 (p 95), classified as Early Post Medieval Class E single sharp hooked clasps, Type 3. Read (2008, 87), mentions that all Class E clasps recovered by the Thames Mudlarks have been from secure c. AD 1500 to c. AD 1550 deposits, suggesting a 16th Century date.

Reference:
Read, B. (2008) Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing, Langport.

Class: Read early post medieval class E, Type 3

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 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24.6 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 1.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 13th July 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Fazeley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK1902
Four figure Latitude: 52.61544364
Four figure longitude: -1.72081315
1:25K map: SK1902
1:10K map: SK10SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found whilst searching with a metal detector

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	95	345

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Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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