Record ID: HAMP-48DED2
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: 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…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.