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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)

Unique ID: NMS-65CBD2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete cast copper alloy Post Medieval hooked tag, The tag has an oval convex body, moulded and convex at the front with a hollow back. At one end the axial hook or eye is missing from an old break, with the original attachment point flanked by semi-circular tabs pierced with circular holes. There is a similar tab positioned axially at the opposite end of the body. The front face of the body is decorated with a fleur de lis or floral decoration the central projecting leaf of which is flanked by annulets. The front face retains some evidence of a surface finish, probably tinning. A similar example is shown in Read, B Hooked Clasps and Eyes; p169; No.630/631 which is dated to the 16th-17th century. Dimensions; length 32.0mm, width 16.79mm, thickness 4mm, weight 4.7g.

Class: Read Class A
Sub class: 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: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 16.79 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 4.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th September 2009

Rally details.

This object was found at Urchfont 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Urchfont (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0356
Four figure Latitude: 51.30311414
Four figure longitude: -1.95835165
1:25K map: SU0356
1:10K map: SU05NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	169	630/631

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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