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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: SUR-14DB9D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy dress hook of Read Class C, Type 3, with a convex rectangular body. The front plate has a rectangular band of niello cross hatching, with transverse bands at either end. The back plate is wider than the front with laterally projecting edges and there is a square aperture in the back plate for a strap or cord. The tip of the hook has broken off. Circa 15th-16th century.
Notes:
As Read (2008), p54, number 168.
Class: Read Class C, Type 3.
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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.3 mm
Height: 8.7 mm
Width: 13.6 mm
Weight: 6.32 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Moulsford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5884
Four figure Latitude: 51.55191577
Four figure longitude: -1.16487958
1:25K map: SU5884
1:10K map: SU58SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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