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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: SF-7345D7
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy post-medieval dress hook. It has a circular openwork body consisting of a central heart shape surrounding by a circle and then a row of conjoined ovals. Extending from the top is a rectangular attachment loop and from the bottom a rear-facing pointed hoop. It survives in fair condition, but the hook is bent out of shape.
It belongs to Read's (2008) early post-medieval Class E, Type 3, particularly his no.363-97, which appear to have been in use during the 16th and into the 17th century (ibid., 87).
Length: 31.48mm, width: 16.39mm, thickness: 7.05mm, weight: 2.66g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.48 mm
Width: 16.39 mm
Thickness: 7.05 mm
Weight: 2.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Alderton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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