2024-03-29T15:35:04+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/901351/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/901351/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/901351/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/901351/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/901351/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/901351/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/901351901351LVPL-4612A6PAS5AF4612A0016D4DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)Read’s early post-medieval Class A, Type 836193.7111POST MEDIEVAL15001600A copper alloy dress fastener of post medieval date. The object consists of an oval plate with three perforated lugs for attachment, two at its base, flanking an integral sub-rectangular attachment loop and one at the opposite end, expanding from a slightly flanged collar. Each perforation, used for sewing attachment. Expanding from the centre of either side is a worn 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 incorporating a central en face mask. The central motif is too worn to identify with certainty. Surrounding the central motif are two raised oval borders. The rear of the object is flat and undecorated.
Dimensions: 36mm in length, 19mm in width, 1mm thick, 3.7g
The dress fastener can be classified as Read's early post-medieval Class A, Type 8. Similar examples can be found in Read (2008), p176. Similar examples which can be found on the PAS database include SOM-C4D407 and HESH-1F329A2018-05-10 16:11:382019-01-04 20:56:03412018-01-012018-04-241Certain113636PAS5AF4612A0016D47141LVPLCopper alloy10627CastCompleteFairPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxMetal detectorCircaCirca907509438224382241426Restricted AccessSJ7342SJ74SWWoore1011017568LVPL4612A6.jpg4696887Post medieval: Dress hookNational Museums Liverpool 4images/bengjones/West MidlandsCultivated landEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityShropshireUnitary AuthorityShropshireRestricted AccessReturned to finder100184