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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: WMID-6CE62B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy dress hook (blunt hooked eye), of Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1600 - AD 1700).
The hooked tag is ovoid (oval) in plan, with one attachment loop on the left side and two on the right to either side of the rectangular eye section. The centre of the tag is decorated with an oval panel bearing a possible foliate and floral design within a beaded border. The attachment loops are rounded.
The hooked clasp measures 37.0 mm in length, 27.6 mm wide and 2.4 mm thick. It weighs 6.2 grams.
The hooked clasp is a mid green to brown colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the ploughsoil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface and decorational detail.
A comparative example has been published as #641 in Read, 2008 (p171) and he has classified them as Early Post Medieval Class A single blunt hooked and eye clasps, Type 8 which have three attachment knops. These are considered to be 17th Century in dating.
Class: Read Early Post Medieval Class A, Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1600
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 27.6 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 6.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Complete
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.
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