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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: FAKL-B423E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post Medieval copper alloy dress hook of Read's Class E, Type 3, rounded. Plate circular with rounded projections around its edge. In its centre is a motif made up of five conjoined pellets, set within a raised ring, now partially concealed by corrosion. At the top of the dress hook is a trapezoid loop and at the bottom is a D sectioned hook. Length 33.2mm, Width 14.3mm, Thickness 2.0mm, Mass 2.04g.
Class: Read Type Class E Type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.2 mm
Width: 14.3 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.04 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 387
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Elloughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 96 |
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