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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: DOR-F679E7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper alloy hooked clasp, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1700. The hook section of a two-part hooked clasp. The object has an oval plate with a flat back. From one side expands the stub of the flat, rectangular hook There are three integral perforated lugs, two flanking the remnant of the hook and one at the opposite end. The front of the plate is cast in low relief with a depiction of the Commonwealth arms. The rear is flat and undecorated.
Dimensions: length 36.05 mm; width 20.06 mm; thickness 1.69 mm; weight 3.71 g.
Please see Read, B 2008 Hooked-clasps & eyes, p177, no. 674 for a comparison.
This type of fastener is generally dated to the 17th century and Read (ibid) notes the association with Civil War battle sites. See Robinson (1999, 286; fig. 1) especially no. 4
Class:
Read Class A, Type 8
Sub class: hook piece
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 1649
Date to: Circa AD 1660
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.05 mm
Width: 20.06 mm
Thickness: 1.69 mm
Weight: 3.71 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Sturminster Marshall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson, P. | 1999 | Some copper alloy objects from the West Country depicting the Arms of the Commonwealth | 286 | 4 |
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