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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: NMS-1C678D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy dress hook of Read 2008 early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp of Class D, Type 5,a flat and heart-shaped plate with a soldered wire loop and missing soldered hook on the reverse. Decoration comprises five radial and one transverse lines of rocker-arm engraving. Very similar to NMS-3E966C. Extant length 18.5mm. Width 20.5mm. Thickness 1.7mm, including loop 5.6mm. 16th century.
Class: Read 2008 early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class D, Type 5
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th July 2015 - Thursday 27th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 29923
Other reference: DF062017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Walsingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9338
Four figure Latitude: 52.90476662
Four figure longitude: 0.86834517
1:25K map: TF9338
1:10K map: TF93NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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