Record ID: SWYOR-8378A7
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable shoe or clog hasp, which would have been used with a similar clasp to secure a wooden shoe to the foot, dating from AD 1700 - 1900. It is a rectangular frame round a rectangular opening. Projecting from one long edge are two prongs, curving away from each other, forming an anchor like double hook. Measurements are; length 18.5mm, width 23.0mm, thickness 2.5mm and weight 3.22g. The opening on the hasp would have taken the hooked part of the clasp. The opposite end, shaped like an anchor, was used to secure the hasp to the fabric, and the opposite …
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: KENT-C29F53
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Post Medieval, Early C17th, cast, copper alloy, one piece decorated button or cloak fastener. Discoidal, convex front, concave back with integral rectangular section sub-circular shank retaining rusty iron fragment of wire link probably once attached to a similar button to form a probable cloak fastener. On the front a hand punched six-pointed star design around a small central circle containing four equidistant annulets. There is a wavy border of small annulets surrounding six crescents, one between each star point and over a patch of very small annulets. The surface was …
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Saturday 2nd July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-10D52A
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description Silver clothes fastener (resembling a small book clasp). Made of sheet silver, with an integral lug with small rectangular slot. There is a repousse tear-drop boss, flanked by three small circular lugs for attachment. Surviving height 21.4mm; max. 12.7mm; thickness 0.5mm; weight 1.02g. Discussion Dating is reliant on the form and size, and most such finds have been identified as the receiving plate for hooks of various forms to fasten clothing, particularly dresses. The teardrop boss resembles a reversed ‘raised heart’ design, and many similar obje…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: DENO-9BF0BA
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy dress fastener of post-medieval date (c. AD 1600-1800). The object is comprised of a sub-circular flat plate flanked by two sub-rectangular attachment lugs, one on either side. Each of these lugs is pierced by two small (<1mm diamter) circular holes. Rising from the sub-circular base is a cylindrical stud, 13 mm diameter, 5 mm in height. From one side of this, aproximately 1 mm above the attachment lug projects a tongue-shaped stub, possibly the remains of a hook, 2mm wide and 2 mm long. The stud is topped by a large, six-petaled plate whi…
Created on: Monday 28th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F7A8C4
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A belt guide of modern date, 1938 - 1945, off a military uniform. The object was found on a site of a former Prisoner of War camp. It is probably from a British Army uniform associated with a prison guard. The object is made out of a single strand (3.3 mm in diameter) of copper alloy wire, which is doubled, twisted, with two eyelets formed at the top. The fitment is sewn onto the uniform using the two eyelets, and is used to retain the position of the tunic belt. Length: 39.1mm, width: 20.6mm, thickness: 3.3mm. Weight 13.6gm.
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-FD8262
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast and tinned copper alloy eye from a hook and eye dress fastening dating from the Post-medieval period, c.1500-1700. The eye has a slightly convex body shaped like a narrow scallop shell with a rectangular eye, 8 mm by 3 mm, at one end flanked by two attachment loops, 3 mm in diameter, on either side of the eye and another broken loop at the other end of the shell. The surface of the item is corroded and flaking, so any traces of decoration on the front face can no longer be seen, but there are traces of tinning on one edge and on the back. Read (2008) illustr…
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 21st December 2019
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Record ID: KENT-18487A
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Post Medieval - Tudor, cast, one piece, copper alloy, fair size, unclassified hook fastener possibly from a sword belt. A sub-triangular attachment end and the curved section of the forward facing hook missing. Over all a once sub-triangular shape with decorative edges and moulded relief. There is a small attachment hole in the centre and in the remaining sub-triangular end together with a transverse groove. There is also a central longditudinal groove in the sub-triangular attachment end. Broken and worn with a matt brown surface and a few pale green patches of corrosi…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 23rd November 2019
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Record ID: KENT-F27692
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early post-Medieval (16th -17th century) cast copper alloy one-piece toggle clasp. Description: A toggle clasp with moulded -relief, engraved and open work. The toggle-section is small and the attachment-edge has two small grooves. There is a rivet hole at the attachment- end; the iron rivet is missing. The transverse toggle-bar is sub-rectangular and the knop is rounded off. Measurement: length: 29.74mm, width: 12.82mm, thickness: 1.63mm, weight: 2.15g Discussion; See Read (2008, 209), no. 757 for similar/
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-BF187A
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Post Medieval copper alloy sharp hooked clasp, 17.5mm in length. There is a trapezoidal loop with flanking knops and the remnants of a body in openwork moulded relief. Circa 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: SUR-73E3F6
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object consisting of a subrectangular plate with a rounded end and five pierced loops around its periphery, two along each long edge and one at the tip. The object is folded in two. and twisted slightly. There is no decoration or marking of any kind. Possibly part of a post medieval mount or fastener.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
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Record ID: SUR-F43CB7
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bent copper alloy fragment in the form of three lobes with projections which may be broken loops for mounting. Possibly part of a late medieval clothing fastener or type of mount. One side has slightly bevelled edges and faint traces of engraved foliate decoration.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: CAM-9FC891
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 18th Century- Modern octagonal clothes fastener, either a button or cufflink. Weight: 1.10g, Width: 15.3mm, The front consists of a central octagonal shaped field surrounded by an octagonal beaded border which accounts for 1.7mm of the total width. The slightly raised field depicts a sailing ship consisting of three masts each bearing a flag blowing W-E. The two outer masts are positioned slightly lower than the central one. The segmented border gives the effect of a beaded edge. On the back there is a reverse pattern of the sailing ship and border, indicating the de…
Created on: Friday 20th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: ESS-A6A793
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver strap/dress fitting of post-medieval date. The item has a lozenge shaped plate with bevelled edges. One end features a knop decoration with transverse ridge above it and a smaller spherical knop below. The other end features a semi-circular plate protrusion with the remains of a suspension hole and iron rivet inside. There is a soldered flap of silver on the back which broadens at the unattached end, where there is still the remains of an iron rivet, likely the same one that originally fastened the flap down to the front plate. There is a makers mark on the back fl…
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-84CECB
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fastener or clasp, probably dating from the 16th century. It is hexafoil/sixfoil in shape with moulded decoration on the obverse and plain reverse. There are four sharp-pointed lugs on the reverse suggesting it was affixed to a textile or leather strap and possibly a secondary male section secured to the loop (Brian Read pers. comm.). The obverse is decorated with a sixfoil moulding with a row of smaller pellet mouldings between the individual petals. NB: The object was donated to Brian Read's collection by the finder. Brian treated and conserved it using BTA/meths …
Created on: Friday 25th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-DE8303
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Post Medieval copper alloy wire rings, dating to the late 16th century. The objects are formed of a single piece of copper wire, both ends have been twisted together to form a loop. This type of object can be found in Read (2008:162-163, nos. 607-609) and is classified as a class A type 1a wire ring. Both wire loops are of the same size and weight - the measurements below represent one loop.
Created on: Friday 12th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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Record ID: BUC-9ED8F7
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, incomplete silver artefact of uncertain identification, but possibly some form of fastener (see 'Discussion'). The artefact consists of a flattish plate with curved sides, the rest being broken off to create a straight-ish back edge with a chunk missing from one side. In the centre of the plate is a circular perforation. The plate is slightly curved, perhaps through damage rather than reflecting its original shape. At the centre of the opposite edge is a cast projection in the form of an animal's head. The animal has a rounded snout with two nostrils. A raised line runs …
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haversham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-33AAE0
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval composite gilded copper-alloy dress fastener belonging to Read's Class D, but with a blunt hook on the front (rather than on the reverse). The fastening is decorated with two pelleted circles and a central rose. The separately-attached loop is missing.
Created on: Sunday 30th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-9E4983
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or later copper alloy tie loop and plate. The object is composed of a loop formed from a circular sectioned rod which terminates with a sub-triangular plate, witha rounded edge, which has a central circular fixing hole. length: 34mm, width: 13.5mm, thickness: 11.5mm, weight: 8.55gr.
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-F6135E
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hemispherical copper alloy terminal, possibly a terminal from a button-and-loop fastener, possibly of 2nd century AD date The fragmentary object comprises a cast convex circular head (of 15.5mm diameter, a depth of 9.7mm and with a weight of 10.9g) and an integral rectangular-sectioned shank (5.9mm x 4.3mm), projecting from the rim of the head. The head is hollowed on the underside (with a depth of 2.6mm) and is as-cast. The shank has a near-perpendicular turn and has broken immediately after the bend (with rise above the head of 5.8mm). There is no applied decoration evident on the …
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd February 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-112617
Object type: FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tri-lobed clothes or leather fastener probably dating from the post-medieval period, that is the 16th or 17th century AD. The fastener is very worn with a much abraded surface on the inner and outer side of the body. The main body is convex with three loops on three sides and a broken hook on the fourth side. There are rivet holes in the three lobes, with two rivets still in place; one is missing. The obverse retains traces of gilding.
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2015
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.