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CURTAIN FITTING
Unique ID: SWYOR-C55A34
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy ring (28mm diameter, 4mm thick) with a projecting broad hook which is about 12mm long and 10.1mm wide. It is possible a Post Medieval curtain hook dating from AD 1500 - 1700, but could also be a more generic strap fitting. It is cast as one piece. The hook curves forwards from the loop. Egan (2005) has a similar example identified as a possible curtain hook, from a context dated c. 1500-1550 (p70, fig59) this and Medieval published examples (in The Medieval Household) all have the hook bending to the side of the loop rather than forwards. Overall, the object is 42.9mm long, 28mm wide and 12.9mm thick. 12.68g.
Class: hook
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: 42.9 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 12.9 mm
Weight: 12.68 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2014 - Thursday 5th March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2519
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Walpole Cross Keys (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF5219
Four figure Latitude: 52.74725006
Four figure longitude: 0.25044647
1:25K map: TF5219
1:10K map: TF51NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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