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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: BUC-899620
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast and wire copper alloy dress hook of the early post medieval period dating to AD 1500-1600.
The hook is in the form of a trefoil of domed bosses with a smaller central boss. The larger bosses are separated by three bars radiating from the central boss. These bars have triangular ends.
On the reverse there is a hook and loop which have been soldered onto the object. Evidence of solder is present covering most of the reverse.
The hook weighs 5.11g and is 20.89mm wide. It is 5.02mm thick and 27.24mm long (including part of the curve of the protruding hook).
Similar examples can be found in Read, B.,2008, p73-83. Early Post Medieval Class D Type 6; Fig 251 is the closest in form but without the triangular ends to the bars.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.24 mm
Width: 20.89 mm
Thickness: 5.02 mm
Weight: 5.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th December 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 4796
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7435
Four figure Latitude: 52.00850986
Four figure longitude: -0.9232998
1:25K map: SP7435
1:10K map: SP73NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 75-83 | Fig 251 |
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