Record ID: WMID-C36C1B
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dress hook (single sharp hooked eye), of Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1600). Around 50% of the dress hook is present, with the hook and part of the trefoil openwork design incomplete. The hooked eye is irregular in plan, and rectangular in section. It is of an openwork design, with a large sub rectangular eye section. The openwork plate consists of a hatched Hungerford knot in a trefoil shape, with two undecorated pellets at the junction between the eye and the plate. The reverse is undecorated. It measures 16.0 mm in length, 16.9 mm wi…
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Record ID: WMID-C342D0
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy single sharp hooked clasp (dress hook), of Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1600). Around 95% of the hooked clasp is present, with just the hook incomplete. The hooked clasp consists of a sub rectangular attachment loop, a circular openwork central plate, with a solid centre, and sever circular holes arranged evenly around it, and a single sharp hook (now incomplete). The back is undecorated. It measures 24.4 mm in length, 17.1 mm wide and 1.8 mm thick. It weighs 2.3 grams. The hooked clasp is a mid green to brown colour, with an even su…
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.