SWYOR-36015A: Post Medieval dress fastener; hook and eye; Read Class A Type 2

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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)

Unique ID: SWYOR-36015A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy Post medieval hook-piece from a hook-and-eye type fastener dating from AD 1550 - 1700. It is a Read Class A Type 2 dress fastener. The body of the hook is an elongated oval and convex, the front being decorated with drapery or floral bands at each end. There are three integral projecting attachment loops, one at the apex and one at each side of the blunt wide hook which bends forwards. There are traces of a white metal coating. The reverse is hollow. The dress fitting is 39.4mm long, 24.3mm wide and 4.2mm thick. 7.6g.

Compare number 648 on page 172 of Read's Hooked Clasps and Eyes (2008), which describes the decoration as being trilobate bands.

Class: Read Class A, Type 2
Sub class: blunt hooked fastener

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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39.4 mm
Width: 24.3 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 7.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015 - Thursday 18th February 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2839

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Cantley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE6302
Four figure Latitude: 53.51091794
Four figure longitude: -1.0514803
1:25K map: SE6302
1:10K map: SE60SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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