2024-03-28T17:55:16+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/860530/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/860530/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/860530/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/860530/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/860530/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/860530/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/860530860530SOM-C4D407PAS598C4D40001731DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)Read Class A, type 837.3225.161.91SCC receipt: 0192071POST MEDIEVAL15501700A Post-Medieval copper alloy dress fastener, probably dating to c. AD 1550-1700. The fastener consists of an oval plate with three perforated lugs for attachment, two at its base, flanking an integral sub-rectangular attachement loop and one at the opposite end, expanding from a slightly flanged collar. Expanding from the centre of either side is a bifurcating scrolled knop. The front of the plate is decorated, all cast in low relief, with a central oval field containing a scrolled motif potentially incorperating a central en face mask. This is defined by a solid oval border, with a second running araounf the edge of the plate. The space between the two borders is filled with a corded band.
Dimensions: length 37.3mm; width 22.0mm; thickness 1.9mm; weight 5.16g.
Similar artefacts can be seen published by Read (2008: 175, no. 663), which he classifies as his Class A, type 8, and suggests an early Post-medieval date range.2017-08-10 13:10:402019-03-12 15:08:53412017-02-152017-02-151Certain113636PAS598C4D400017317141SOMCopper alloy10627CastCompletePOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxMetal detectorCircaCirca86055210578102561049541427Restricted AccessST4613ST41SEWest and Middle Chinnock CP101627378SOMC4D407.JPG4280564Post-Medieval copper alloy dress fastenerSomerset County Council4images/wpartridge/South WestGrassland, HeathlandEuropean RegionCountySomersetDistrictSouth SomersetCivil Parish50.9168-2.7506Restricted AccessReturned to finder100184