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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)

Unique ID: LANCUM-6DA0A8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy dress fastener dating to the post medieval period. The central area of the dress fastener is hexagonal in shape, with open work geometric design inside. There is a copper alloy loop which is not integral to the hexagonal front plate, this loop goes around the back of the plate, and carries on as a pin which comes out the other end of the hexagon. There is silver gilt still visable on some of the dress fastener.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Ante AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Weight: 3.83 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Ipswich (District)
To be known as: Ipswich

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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