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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: GLO-AB9744
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy dress hook that has a diamond shaped plate with a large rectangular hook at one end. Either side of the hook are two pierced lugs with a third at the rear, these are for attachment. The centre of the plate is decorated with a foliate pattern in the centre with scrollwork mouldings along all four sides.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014 - Saturday 1st November 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Charfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7190
Four figure Latitude: 51.60808074
Four figure longitude: -2.42016659
1:25K map: ST7190
1:10K map: ST79SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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