Record ID: PUBLIC-B18187
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly Post-Medieval or probably Modern, copper-alloy composite hook and eye decorated plate.  A slightly convex, sub-triangular plate with floral decoration and a blunt hook formed from a length of bent copper-alloy bar that has been soldered to the rear of the plate. The hook is decorated with oblique transverse lines. The circular eye attachment on the rear of the plate also appears soldered and protrudes at right angles to the plate. Probably a hook for domestic use, probably curtains or similar.  Height 24.5mm, width 18.4mm, thickness 1.7mm, weight 3.1g.
Created on: Monday 1st April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C876A9
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified, incomplete, copper alloy artefact, probably of Post Medieval date, in the form of a broken hook. It is a rod of circular cross-section. It is shaped like part of an oval, so it is U shaped at one end. The shorter end tapers to a blunt hook. The longer end is broken across a void in the centre, perhaps a casting flaw.  It is 36mm long, 17.3mm wide and 6.3mm in diameter. It weighs 10.6g. Compare SUSS-3A028E.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-A1C554
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy clothes hook or furniture fitting of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1600-1800). The object has a flower shaped terminal, consisting of a central circular pellet with dot decoration and then three borders of six radiating sub-triangular petals (18 in total). The reverse of the terminal is flat and undecorated. The reverse of the central pellet extends outwards to a narrow stem that widens to form a fitting/handle. The fitting/handle comprises a collar and wide circumferential ridge, at the centre of the flat base of the ridge is a sub-circular lug…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-E63C07
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Post-medieval-early Modern cast copper alloy belt hanger or cloak hook, c.AD 1750-1900. This is a cast hook with openwork decoration and two parallel attachment holes. The decoration is shaped like an upside-down heart with back-to-back crescents running through the centre. The hook itself is large and blunted, and appears designed to hold weight. The obverse edges are bevelled and the reverse is flat and plain. The surface appears tinned or silvered.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-948996
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of coiled copper alloy wire of unknown date, but most likely Post-Medieval to Modern. There is a section, of roughly 30mm long where the wire is wound in a tight coil around 3 straight sections of wire. At one end, only 2 short sections protrude; at the other end, 2 of the lengths come together to form a loop and the third as a single length of wire of approximately the same length. Both the loop and single length of wire are bent back over the coiled section to form a rough hook shape. The wire is all of the same thickness. The object is mostly covered in a compact pat…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-3FB98A
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper- alloy hook or possibly a pipe tamper of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1650-1750). The hook itself is a circular cross section rod. This has curved bend over c.100 degrees before it ends in a ragged transverse break. It expands in width (diameter) from this break to a projecting collar followed by a waisted section and then wide flaring base which is also circular.  A square sectioned iron fixing pin expands from the centre of the wide circular terminal that would have bee used to attach this hinge. It has a greenish red patina. The obj…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SF-177615
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy cast hook dating to the Medieval period, possibly c.13th to 15th Century. This is a one piece, circular section rod bent into a forward facing hook. The attachment end is flattened and pierced laterally with a long slot. The hook end projects beyond the slot, although it had been bent and no longer running parallel to the slot. It has a three dimensional zoomorphic terminal and the outside of this section has multiple oblique grooves. Below this is a heraldic shield, decorated again with diagonal grooves. Evidence of guilding. Possibly c.13th-15t…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2ABB79
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hook. Cast D-section hook with a blunt end, springing from a sub-conical block with a pointed or rounded top. The form of the block suggests it was intended to rotate in its setting. This might be apt to a beam balance or steelyard, a carbine sling, or a range of other settings. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800 Height: 44.5mm, Diameter [block]: 14.4mm, Thickness [hook]: 3.8mm, Weight: 20.96gms
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: NLM-0F3C0A
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hook. Sheet metal strip, expanded in the middle and slightly flared at its ends, bent at one end to form a blunt hook, hanger or sling. A rivet of diameter 1.4mm protrudes from the back of the upper and unbent part though its head is not discernible on the display side. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1350-1650 Length: 35mm, Width: 13.1mm, Thickness (clear of rivet): 1.1mm, Weight: 3.10gms
Created on: Monday 7th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A0389F
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green patinated copper alloy hook. Made from sheet metal, rivet holes pressed though from the front. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 19.4mm, Width: 17.3mm, Thickness: 1mm, Weight: 1.20gms
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-0F5129
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hook fragment. Cast hook of lentoid section, sharply bent, broken at its inner end. The finder kindly suggests use with a sword hanging suite, which appears credible. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 36mm, Width: 21.8mm, Thickness: 4.5mm, Weight: 6.19gms
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Messingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2EEAC6
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hook fragment. Cast shank [diameter 5.1mm] and collared circular base for a coat hook or similar, with rust in the base of the hook suggesting its attachment by an iron fixing. The hook is broken at the point of its curvature. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 35.3mm, Diameter (at base): 16mm, Weight: 9.69gms
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8719A8
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hook. Cast D-section tapered hook, rounded at its tip and springing at right angles from a conical integrally cast base, presumably the fixing point for a coat hook or similar. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 36.4mm, Height: 32.6mm, Diameter (at base): 13.9mm, Weight: 11.81gms
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-030B44
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete, cast copper alloy havette (Read's Class A Type 1) of late medieval to early post-medieval date (AD 1550-1750). . Description: The havette has a central rectangular-sectioned grip from which project two tapering, rectangular-section arms, terminating in hooks which recurve at an angle of 45 degrees. One of these has lost its tip and the same arm has a restriction where it joins the grip, a feature not present on the other arm. The top and both sides of the grip are decorated with saltires and lines, the underside is plain. The top has a saltire flanked…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-46E4FC
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy hook of Post Medieval to Modern date (c. AD 1600-1900). The head is multi-faceted with four main lozenge faces intersected by triangular faces at the bottom and smaller lozenge faces at the top, resulting in 12 faces. There is an integral shank with a circular cross section, initially starting at 4.04mm diameter and expanding to 5.43mm diameter near the rounded bottom. The shank is bent at an obtuse angle slightly above 90 degrees. The object has no incised decoration and has a dark green patina. There are examples of similar objects on the Portable Antiqu…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4C5522
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green copper alloy. Flat fitting with incised line decoration. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800 Length: 40.6mm, Width: 18.9mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 5.21gms
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-E4493A
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy hooked clasp or havette or harbick of Post-Medieval date (AD 1530-1650). Read's Class A Type 1. The hook is composed of two arms, both with sub rectangular section, one terminates in a transverse break while the other tapers to pointed hook. Between the arms is an expanded rectangular central block with recessed sides which is decorated with three incised saltires on the upper side, the left and right hand sides have seven deep grooves, and the underside has a single incised saltire flanked by single incised lines. Length: 57.97mm, Width: 6.85mm, T…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-010549
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hook fragment. Part of a D-section hook springing from a short cylindrical shank with flat expanded base bearing traces of rust suggesting the use of an iron fixing pin. Perhaps from a domestic setting or vehicle harness. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 39mm, Diameter/Width: 15.5mm, Thickness (at shank): 7.5mm, Weight: 12.42gms
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-AD8FCE
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hooked ring probably dating from AD 1350 - 1400. It is a sub-circular ring roughly D shaped cross-section. Projecting from one edge is a hook which has a shaft of sub-hexagonal cross-section, and which tapers to a sharp hook which is bent to the side. The object is 34.6mm long,16.9mm wide, 2.8mm thick and weighs 2.51g. Compare examples on page 62 and 64 of Egan (1998) which are possible curtain hooks. They mostly date from AD 1350 - 1400.
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2022
Last updated: Sunday 23rd October 2022
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Record ID: NLM-2FC48D
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hook fragment. A cast bent round-section shank of diameter 4.6mm, slightly tapered towards a spherical ball terminal with flat top. Possibly a coat-hook fragment or from harness for a horse or vehicle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 35mm, Diameter [terminal]: 9.1mm, Weight: 6.21gms
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cawthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.