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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: HAMP-48DED2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A post-medieval (1500-1600) lead alloy dress hook of Read's Class C Type 4, rectangular in shape and D-shaped in cross-section with an integral sharp hook.
The flat underside of the dress hook has a D-shaped perforation 11.5x3.1mm parallel and close to the open end (which measures 20.9x6.9mm). It is otherwise undecorated. The convex upper face is decorated with raised ribs forming a pattern of whole and half lozenges within a raised linear border flanking the edges. The four complete lozenges at the centre form a larger central lozenge. Within each small lozenge is the raised outline of a quatrefoil with central knop.
A slight collar flanks the long edges of the object, though it is mostly lost through wear. At the closed end (18.3x6.1mm) a trefoil plate extends below to the reverse of which the hook exetnds and curves back on itself to a sharp point.
The object measures 38.7mm in max.length, 20.9mm in max.width, 8.6mm in max.thickness (at the hook) and weighs 14.34g.
Notes:
There is no direct parallel in Read (2008) and his other examples of Class C Type 4 dress hooks are made from silver (pp.55).
Class: Read Class C Type 4
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.7 mm
Width: 20.9 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 14.34 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 697
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Winchester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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