Record ID: DOR-BAD975
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver gilt dress hook with filigree decoration. A trefoil plate with a pinked outer edge. On each lobe is a dome, two of which retain filigree decoration comprising three wire circles set around a small dome-headed pin. At the centre, between the domes, is a separately applied wide-headed pin which is attached with a butterfly fastening visible at the back of the plate. There are traces of solder on the rear of the plate for the attachment of the missing pointed hook. At the top of the rear of the plate is a horizontal offset attachment bar. The surfaces retain traces of…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimborne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-9D6C65
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver gilt dress fastener. Probably the catch piece from a hook and eye fastening. The plate of the fastener is curvilinear in outline. On the front the central element decorated in relief with a cherub head with outstretched wings flanking it. The head projects forward from the plate. It is slightly tilted and turned so that it is looking right and has stylised facial features comprising eyes, nose and mouth. The hair surrounds the upper part of the face and is has recesses and raised elements to indicate waves or curls. The wigs are decorated with rows of regular sha…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B85D80
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A late Medieval dress fitting, lozenge-shaped, with a sphere attached to each corner and a central collet set with a pale pink stone. Two of the corners have been bent out of shape. The surface is decorated with roughly incised lines and the edges are serrated. On the reverse are the remains of two stitching bars. The dress fitting is silver-gilt apart from the spheres, which are plain silver and possibly intended to simulate pearls. The object dates from the late fifteenth century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR794
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy catch-piece of hook and catch fastener. Oval plate with a rectilinear loop at one end. Three pierced projections (?sewing loops) for attachment, one at the opposite end to the loop and two either side of it. The front is decorated with two moulded curlicues with an equal armed cross between them The field is textured with small pellets. The back is flat and undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET PUDDLETOWN', grid reference and parish protected.