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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: IOW-8E6794
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy anthropomorphic dress-hook (c. 1500-c. 1650). Read Class E, Type 3.
The hook element is missing due to a break.
The trapezoidal attachment loop is bevelled internally and externally at the front. The oval plate has a beaded rim and contains a raised classical-style human bust facing left. At the junction between the plate and hook there is a double pellet. On the reverse the attachment loop is flat and the plate is hollow.
Length: 24.6mm; width of loop: 13.0mm; width of plate: 12.6mm; thickness: 2.4mm. Weight: 1.80g.
Dress-hooks with human masks and busts have been published (Read 2008: 92-94, refs: 321-336), 336 is a close parallel.
Read, B. (2008). Hooked-Clasps and Eyes. Langport: Portcullis Publishing.
Class: Read Class E, Type 3
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.6 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd September 2018 - Sunday 2nd September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-7-229
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 | 92-94, refs: 321-336, particularly 336 |
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