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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: LVPL-9D474B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval (mid 16th to 17th centuries) dress fastener - eye-clasp. A copper alloy dress fastening which is the 'eye' and not the 'hook'. The body of the dress fastening is oval in plan with a truncated end which, instead, has a rectangular loop. There are three rounded loop attachments evenly spaced around the edge of the fastening. The front of the object is decorated with a foliate or floral design with a central trefoil engraving, it has an outer border of incised or punched circles or rings. There is a ridged collar at the juncture of the plate and eye. The rear of the object is undecorated. It has a dark brown patina with a white metal coating on each face, probably of tin or silver.
Dimensions: 31mm in lenght, 40mm in width, 1mm thick, 7.6g.
The object is probably a dress-fastening, but according to Read (2008:164-5) there is no certain evidence for this. This dress fastener is classified as Read Class A, Type 2 which probably dates to the early Post Medieval period, perhaps the mid 16th to 17th centuries. Read (ibid) illustrates an almost identical example, No. 635.
Read, B. 2008 Hooked-Clasps and Eyes Portcullis Publishing
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 7.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014 - Friday 30th May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Snaith
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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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