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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: IOW-DAFBD4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy dress hook (1500-1600).
Read Class E, Type 3.
The curved part of the hook is missing. It has a sub-rectangular attachment loop and the plate has moulded decoration in the form of a heart at the front. There is also random circular openwork. The shaft of the hook is trapezoidal in cross-section. The rear face is flat.
This dress hook is similar to a Class E, Type 3 (Read 2008: 104, refs: 402, 403, 404).
It has a green patina.
Height: 32.7mm; width: 17.4mm; thickness: 2.3mm. Weight: 2.67g.
Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-hooked clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Rings or Toggles. Portcullis Publishing: Langport, Somerset.
Class: Read Class E, Type 3
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
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: Exactly AD 1600
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 32.7 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 2.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd March 2015 - Sunday 22nd March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-5-35
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 104 | 402, 403, 404 |
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