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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: YORYM-3C4D4C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy dress hook of post-medieval date. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 3 being circular in plan. The main plate is convex with moulded relief decoration consisting of a central pellet enclosed by a circle of six-pellets, thus resembling a six-petalled flower. A trapezoidal attachment loop projects from one edge and a D-sectioned hook extends from the opposite edge curving to terminate in a worn break.
The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The dress hook is 28.7mm long, 12.3mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 2g.
A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.96, no.349 and is dated to the early post-medieval period.
Class: Read 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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.7 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 2 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Osmotherley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4597
Four figure Latitude: 54.36653722
Four figure longitude: -1.30891822
1:25K map: SE4597
1:10K map: SE49NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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