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Record ID: NMGW3181
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Looped copper alloy clasp, mount or fitting. It is decorated with an incised line set transversely across the central plate. It is possibly an unusual form of eighteenth or nineteenth century shoe clasp but its narrow waisted form suggest that this is unlikely. Instead I think that it is probably the top of a post-medieval dress hook which has lost its hook. Dress hooks are a type of fitting which are usually considered to have been used for fastening separate items of clothing. How such items were used is not certain. They are presumed to have been sewn into a garment, through the re…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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