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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: LEIC-F20B82
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy dress hook, Length: 36 mm, width: 14 mm, thickness: 3.5 mm, weight: 2.88 grams. The object is intact and consists of a rectangular open frame sitting above a circular plate. The plate has a raised solid border and a female? face in relief. Below this is a circular cross sectioned hook. The hook fits 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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 2.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 6th July 2011 - Wednesday 24th May 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 22 X 145 X 166
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rutland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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