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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: SF-A9E705
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Description: An incomplete cast silver clothes fastener broadly corresponding to Read's Class A, type 12. The fastener is preserved intact, though the hook on the rear face of the object is partially broken and distorted in old damage. In plan it takes the form of a fleur de lis, with a rectangular aperture in its projecting front edge, behind which are two circular attachment holes.
Date: c. 1600-1700 AD.
Dimensions: the fastener measures 26.24mm long, 21.60mm wide at its widest point, and 1.32mm thick at its midpoint. It weighs 3.94g.
Discussion: For a parallel fastener dated to the 17th century, see Read (2008) p. 181, no. 693.
The object contains more than 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old. Consequently, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content.
By Alex Bliss SCCAS September 2017
Class: Read class A, type 12
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2017T206
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.24 mm
Width: 21.6 mm
Thickness: 1.32 mm
Weight: 3.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st December 2016
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2017T206
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Risby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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