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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: DOR-58FA5C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy hooked clasp. A single sharp-hooked clasp. It comprises a trapeziodal loop at the top of a solid, circular plate with a long tapering hook extending from the lower edge. The hook has a trapeziodal cross section and is curved backwards.It terminates in a sharp point. The circular plate is decorated with a moulded five petalled double rose. The back of the plate is hollowed, the front is convex.
Date: Early Post Medieval c. 1500 - 1650
Dimensions: 34.99 mm x 14.55 mm x 3.11 mm
Weight: 2.82 g
Similar examples can be seen in Read, B, 2008, Hooked Clasps and Eyes, page 95, nos. 342 - 347. Read Class E, type 3
Class: 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: 34.99 mm
Width: 14.55 mm
Thickness: 3.11 mm
Weight: 2.82 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019036
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tarrant Rushton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9305
Four figure Latitude: 50.84447944
Four figure longitude: -2.10079211
1:25K map: ST9305
1:10K map: ST90NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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