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DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)

Unique ID: LEIC-062986

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

undated hook and eye style clothes fastener, 19mm long, 10mm wide, with a weight of 1.93grams. The object is made from a wire which has been folded in half. At the fold it has been flattened to form a 'plate' the object is then folded back on itself and the two pieces of wire cross over each other and extend just further than the 'plate' before terminated with a small loop. These fasteners seem to be undated but 'buttons and fasteners' has them in the 16th-17th century category with dress hooks.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.96 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 27th November 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Fabricated

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Peckleton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK4500
Four figure Latitude: 52.595939
Four figure longitude: -1.337097
1:25K map: SK4500
1:10K map: SK40SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	155	583

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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