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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: LANCUM-D917B9
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead-alloy and iron item, possibly a poorly made Tudor dress hook dating from the post-medieval period, that is c. AD1500-1700. The item is made from cast lead-alloy and roughly triangular-shaped. While fairly flat and undecorated on the underside, it is decorated with moulded knops on the obverse. The obverse surface is decorated with three large roundels/knops which in turn are decorated pellets-in-circlets and smaller knops, a decoration known from Tudor dress hooks made from cast bronze or silver (for an example, see LANCUM-F39E56). The hook and loop were probably made from iron but only corroded stumps remain; most of the attachment loop and hook are missing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 18 mm
Weight: 6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0745
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Bedale
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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