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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: YORYM-9E825E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 3 being sub-circular in plan. The main plate is decorated with a moulded openwork design with a central chequered lozenge - possibly representing a pinecone - flanked by four circular perforations to each side. A rectangular attachment loop projects from the upper edge with a D-shaped section and a hook extends from the opposite end below a single collar. The hook is D-shaped in section and tapers in width as it curves and terminates in a point. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The dress hook is 38mm long, 17mm wide, 2.7mm thick and weighs 3.3g.
A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.104, no.402 and is dated to circa AD 1500 - 1650.
Class: Read Class E, Type 3
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05242
Materials and construction
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)
Parish or ward: Fangfoss (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7652
Four figure Latitude: 53.95851455
Four figure longitude: -0.84322112
1:25K map: SE7652
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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