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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: LVPL-ECAD33
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead-alloy and iron Tudor dress hook dating from the post-medieval period, which is c. AD1500-1700. The object is decorated with three domed bosses separated by bars radiating from a central smaller domed boss.
At the rear of the object is an oval sectioned bar beneath which is a casting seem. Projecting from the rear of the object is a length of iron covered in lead which would probably have extended to form the hook. The object has a light white patina.
An example of a similar lead alloy dress hook is (LANCUM-D917B9) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/661215 and (SWYOR-3260C8) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/648416. The dress hooks may have been designed to imitate filigree decorated silver gilt examples. Similar copper alloy examples can be found in Read, (2008), p75-76 which have been classified as early Post-Medieval, Class D, Type 6.
Dimensions: 25.23mm in length, 20.36mm in width, 8.15mm thick, 7.7g
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.23 mm
Width: 20.36 mm
Thickness: 8.15 mm
Weight: 7.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015 - Friday 12th June 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Great Boughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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