YORYM-44DC1E: Post-Medieval : Dress Hook.

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Unique ID: YORYM-44DC1E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper-alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The dress hook is of Reads Class E, Type 8 being figurative in plan. The main plate is a convex, hollow domed boss bearing a human facing mask with a projecting ridged collar beneath the chin. An integral hook descends from the collar and curves backwards. The hook is bend slightly to the left as viewed from the front. Two short, fragmentary uprights from an attachment loop project from the top of the head and terminate in worn breaks.

The metal is green in colour. The dress hook is 25.7mm in length, 10.5mm in width and 3.9mm thick at its head, 2.0mm in width and 1.7mm thick at the shaft of the hook, and weighs 2.0g.

A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.114, no.459 and is dated to the early Post-Medieval period. Dress hooks of this type have been recorded on the database as YORYM-026BE2, YORYM-01A488, and NLM-38A92D.

Ref:

Read, B. (2008) Hooked-Clasps and Eyes: A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings or Toggles. Langport: Portcullis Publishing.

Class: Read Class E; Type 8

Subsequent actions

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 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.7 mm
Width: 10.5 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 2 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YMT : E05774

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Brandsby-cum-Stearsby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE6071
Four figure Latitude: 54.13135641
Four figure longitude: -1.08327885
1:25K map: SE6071
1:10K map: SE67SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	p.114	number 459.

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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