Record ID: GLO-D857D5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
'Female' tag from a two-part dress hook. The tag has a triangular plate with steeply bevelled sides, and a flat plain face. The underside of the plate is hollow. At each of the corners is a pierced circular lug for attachment, the rear lug is damaged. On the forward edge is a rectangular loop.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'south Gloucestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D80B77
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T49: Acquired by the Museum of Somerset. Date: c.1500-1600 AD Description: Silver double-ended sharp hooked clasp with a squashed openwork filigree bead in the centre. The clasp is formed if a single piece of silver wire with both ends narrowing to sharp points. The central part of the wire is straight and both hooks bent over 180 degrees on the same plane so laid flat the points were parallel to the main wire and pointed at each other. One point has been bent open so now curves through c.120 degrees with damage on the inner side at the bend. The ends are both…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Highbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FBAA23
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2012 T77 Post Medieval dress fitting Description: Post Medieval silver-gilt 'eye' element from a two piece hooked clasp. The fitting is sub-triangular in plan with a 'D' shaped loop extending from the upper edge, and a circular attachment hole in each corner of the triangular plate, probably used to sew the fitting onto an item of clothing. The upper surface has a cast design, of a forward facing bust, with slightly raised areas representing the hair and small depressions to represent the eyes and mouth. There is a decorative zone, which is 'V' shaped, encasing th…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A75094
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt dress hook. The plate is in the form of two leaves forming a V shape and terminating in a short neck with a raised collar and a tri-lobed expansion at the end. Behind the plate is a rectangular strip metal loop across the width.This and the hook have been soldered to the decorative plate. The hook is ciscular in cross section and tapers to a sharp point. The hook is bent backwards and upwards to form a U-shape. Date: Post Medieval - 16th century Dimensions: 23.72 mm x 14.44 mm x 11.23 mm Weight: 2.29 g
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape with Thorp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F0EB98
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Number: 2012 T177 Period: sixteenth century (?) Date of Discovery: 28/2/12 Circumstances of discovery: whilst metal detecting Description: silver-gilt lozenge shaped object, perhaps a fragment from a dress accessory/ fastener. The object is now broken from the corners closest apart in width. The front is silver-gilt and a ridge runs down the central length of the object, with striation marks, possibly used to add texture to the surface, running perpendicular to the central ridge. On the reverse is soldered a hook, with the pointed end of the hook turned back towar…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F443F4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case: 2012 T185 Period: AD c.1500-1600 Description: silver-gilt dress hook of trefoil form. Pinked backplate cut from sheet applied with three bosses of hemispherical shape. Each boss has three filigree spirals with a central knop. In the centre of the three bosses is a knop that has been threaded through a flower design cut from sheet and held in place on the reverse using a butterfly pin. On the reverse is a recurving hook and an attachment bar. Dimensions: Length: 17.66mm Width: 14.31mm Thickness: 8.41mm Weight: 3.54mm Discussion: Similar items can be found…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mersea Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-469EB6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Description Silver 'dress clasp loop'. The front is decorated with trefoils in plain wire arranged around single pellets, soldered to the back plate. A central trefoil sits within a triangular frame cable wire border. The back of the backplate is plain. The external, decorated face is gilded. One large perforation cut through the backplate (now incomplete) would have received the fastening hook. The item measures 13.7mm x 14.3; thickness 1.2mm. The dress clasp loop weighs 1.1g. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with silver brooches and other…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bronington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3D99D3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
2012 T329 Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire I have examined an object found at Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. It a silver coin that has been converted into a brooch or clothes fastening by the addition of attachments to one side: a round eye that could enable it to be sewn to a garment and a hook. These attachments are still in place and in good condition. A fragment of the coin itself has broken off. The 'front; of the coin (i.e. the opposite side to where the attachments have been added and thus the side intended for display) has been gilded. The coin is a silver maille tierce of Philipp…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bassetlaw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-941414
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver-gilt openwork 'eye' element of a two piece hooked clasp dating from the 16th-17th centuries AD. The body is made of a wreath of five flowers, each with a central pellet, and the wreath is around a heart. The pointed base of the heart joins the wreath and is located towards the centre of one of the flowers and on either side of the flower is an integral loop placed on the outer side of the wreath. The two busts of the heart are also joined to the wreath by two flowers, leaving a circular void between the top centre of the heart and the wreath. At this point on the…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-70B362
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval silver gilt mount or eyelet. Circular, with the impression of the cuttlefish mould, and two integral rivets on the reverse. The front face has a raised transverse panel with convex edges leaving a crescentric flange to either side of the mount. Two thirds of the raised panel are decorated with a narrow central concave moulding flanked by a wider moulding to either side, before an off-centre rectangular hole through a concave face. Diameter 16mm. Maximum thickness excluding rivets 3.5mm. Rivets to hold a thickness of c. 2mm. Weight 3.6g. 15th - 16th century. …
Created on: Friday 6th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D813E5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T50: returned to finder after being declared not Treasure Description: Silver loop part of a two part dress fastener with fleur de lis shaped plate. The main plate is shaped into a fleur de lis with convex fronts to each petal and a concave back. The two outer petals curve back so the points rejoin the base. There are three small, flat, circular sewing loops, one at the end of the central petal and one to each side at the widest point of the side petals. At the base of the fleur de lis is a transverse raised collar, then a constriction, a second collar and then a…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3D19D5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver sheet blunt-hooked dress fastener or hooked tag with a mushroom-shaped outline, the hook at the base of the broad stem and four attachment holes across the top. On the front two engraved chevrons, one above the hook and the other at the top of the stem, are joined by two lines. Four short oblique lines spring from the inner edge of the lower one. Length 20mm. Width 17mm. Thickness 0.5mm. Weight 0.87g. When discovered, this hooked tag lacked parallels and its dating was debated between early medieval (8th-10th century) and post-medieval, with the use of sheet metal thought to fa…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AE12E3
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case: 2012 T241 Period: late 17th century- early 18th century Description: silver cufflink decorated with a crown above two hearts, with a stippled background. No edges remain. On the reverse is a central silver wire loop through which an elongated joining silver wire loop passes. This is broken at one end. Dimensions: Diameter: 11.36mm Thickness: 0.37mm Weight: 0.82g Length on attachment loop: 15.72mm Discussion: A similar item can be found from Niton and Whitwell, Isle of Wight (2010 T263; PAS no. IOW-FF3431). Consequently, in terms of age and as the objec…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-2B0692
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver cufflink. A circular-sectioned, sub-rectangular wire link joins the two head together. These heads are of equal form, being circular, with flat upper surfaces, angled sides and a wire loop at the centre of their flat undersides. Each head measures 12.6mm in diameter. Overall, the object is 24.7mm long, 5mm thick and weighs 2.26g. Although probably dating from the 17th or 18th century, the lack of any decoration, marks or other diagnostic features means that this piece cannot be securely dated to before or after 1712 and therefore does not qualify as treasure…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A50866
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
One complete post-Medieval sheet silver disc belonging to a cufflink (c. 1675-c. 1700 AD). Treasure case no. 2012 T111. The disc is circular in plan and has a down-turned edge. Raised decoration at the front consists of a flaming heart pierced by two arrows with three drops of blood below. At the rear there is a soldered wire attachment loop. 13.82mm (diameter); 4.01mm (thickness). Weight: 0.68g. Cufflinks and buttons with this design are considered to have originally been produced to commemorate the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza (1662), but continued to be used …
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-22D732
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T125 Post Medieval silver cuff link Description: Post Medieval (17th Century) incomplete cast silver cufflink. The cufflink would have originally comprised of two circular discs linked with a loop. Only one disc survives. It is circular in plan with down turned edges, the left had edge of which is now distorted. The upper surface is decorated with two joined hands with a crown above and two hearts below. There is a small pellet above each heart and the background has a stippled effect. There is a 'D' shaped silver wire attachment loop on the reverse. The cufflink …
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-BCA3C5
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver probable cuff link of post-medieval or modern date. The cuff link is oval in shape, hollow and decorated with tiny silver globules around the rim/edge although a number are missing. There is an indentation on the reverse that may have been where the link was located. As this item cannot be securely dated to pre-1709 is does not qualify as Treasure.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-BCC5D8
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-medieval silver cufflink consisting of two discs (each 13.3mm in diameter) with downturned edges, joined by an ovoid wire link engaged with a loop soldered to the reverse of each. The front of both discs is decorated in counter-relief with a heart surmounted by a flame and transfixed by a pair of crossed arrows. This device is commonly found on 17th-century cufflinks (S. Thornton in Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, 139 no.615). Cufflinks began to become popular in c.1675. The cuff link is 17.6mm long and weighs1.60 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E1C3F6
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval silver disc element, part of a pair of cufflinks (c. 1700-c. 1800 AD). This element is octagonal in plan with down-turned edges. At the front it has a central inscribed flower motif consisting of four large petals interspersed with four smaller petals. An incised incurving border is situated close to the edge. At the rear there is a misshapen silver wire attachment loop.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Saturday 18th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-E76B03
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver cufflink element. Formed of a octagonal disc with an incised flower design formed of four large petals, with a smaller petals, or leaves, in the angles. The design is very worn. There are incised curved lines which border the edge of the disc. The reverse has a silver wire forming an oval attachment loop. The solder is clearly visible on the reverse. This object is less than 300 years old and so does not qualify as treasure under the 1996 Treasure Act.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.