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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)

Unique ID: BERK-70F28A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval ovoid dress fastener with a hooked end and three attachment holes, one at the opposite end to the hook, and one on each side. The surface bears two incised elongated marks and a series of small incised circles, intended to be a foliat or floral design. Similar examples can be seen in Read's Early Post-Medieval Class A Type 2 hooked tags with floral/foliate decoration (Read, 2008: pp. 171, no. 642), of 16th to 17th century date.

Notes:

Rally Record No 37

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 1699

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 41.01 mm
Width: 27.91 mm
Weight: 3.74 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th September 2016

Rally details.

This object was found at XP Rally Milton-under-Wychwood 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Read No 639-644

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Shipton-under-Wychwood (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP2615
Four figure Latitude: 51.83301178
Four figure longitude: -1.62408738
1:25K map: SP2615
1:10K map: SP21NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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