Record ID: SWYOR-201A2F
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold disc, probably part of a late Post Medieval or Modern collar stud or similar dress fitting, dating from AD 1850 - 2000. It is a shallowly domed disc with no decoration. The reverse is concave and is partially covered with a black coating, perhaps an adhesive as there is no other evidence of attachment. There is a flange round the edge which is flatter and uncoated. The disc would probably have been attached to a central shaft terminating in a smaller domed disc which would have sat against the neck after being threaded though a collar.  Measurements are; diameter 10.8mm, th…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: NARC-7B7E03
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Dress Fastener (Skirt Lifter) of Modern date (AD 1850-1880). The object is composed of an ovate shaft, terminating in a small scoop at one end and a small, perforated loop at the opposing end. The shaft is tapered approximately 50% along the length of the shaft. Length: 42.38mm, Width: 7.55mm, Thickness: 4.76mm, Weight: 3.2g The metal is dark green/brown in colour with a pitted patina. This object is a broken part of one arm of a skirt lifter.  The arm is broken at the central pivot, which is now the broken loop at one end of this object. The f…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-8434BA
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hook, from a hook and eye fitting of Modern date, probably AD 1800 - 1980. It is made from thick gauge circular-sectioned copper alloy wire, bent double, then bent into a hook, with the ends each curving out to the side to form two sewing or attachment loops. The object is 37.1mm long, 25.4mm wide, 18.9mm thick and weighs 14.0g. It was found close to another almost identical object - SWYOR-842D9C. A very close parallel is Read (1998) number 589, his Early Post Medieval Class A, type 1. Fasteners like this were used on uniforms in the 19th century and beyond, though…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-842D9C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hook, from a hook and eye fitting of Modern date, probably AD 1800 - 1980. It is made from thick gauge circular-sectioned copper alloy wire, bent double, then bent into a hook, with the ends each curving out to the side to form two sewing or attachment loops. The object is 36.1mm long, 24.9mm wide, 21.2mm thick and weighs 14.66g. It was found close to another almost identical object - SWYOR-8434BA. A very close parallel is Read (1998) number 589, his Early Post Medieval Class A, type 1. Fasteners like this were used on uniforms in the 19th cemyury and beyond, thoug…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-DDC455
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment probably from the copper alloy arm of a Victorian "skirt lifter" dating from 1800 - 1900. The head is globular, 14mm diameter and appears undecorated. The shaft has a circular cross section of 4.5mm diameter and is bent, and 78mm in length. It terminates in the broken loop of the hinge pivot.
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
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Record ID: LIN-AA55B9
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy corset busk fastening, patented in 1869, of 19th-20th century date. The object consists of a front rectangular plate with two circular rivets. Length: 18.51 mm; Thickness (with rivets): 3.77 mm; Width: 12.04 mm; Weight: 1.07g
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leasingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F68B49
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern collar button, shirt stud or cufflink dating from about AD 1700 - 2000. It is a silver setting with a cabochon gem, probably green onyx. The yellow green gem is domed, and is oval in plan. It is set in a band of silver with eight vertical thickened ribs. An engraved line round the base of the setting divides the side from the back of the front component. A very short central shank projects from the centre of the reverse of the gem setting, and links it to a flat silver oval backplate. No maker's marks or hallmarks are visible. The dress fitting is 13.3mm long, 11.6mm wide and…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-14E5DF
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late Victorian copper alloy dress lifter. Dress lifters were used to prevent long dresses from trailing in the mud by hoisting the skirt up. A chain attachment to the item would allow the wearer to lift her skirts up and down without having to bend. This example is in the form of a horseshoe with a screw-thread clamp and is possibly an example of Fyfe's ABC Patent 1876 Horse Shoe Skirt Lifter. Dated c.1870-1900.
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caunton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EFF3C7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy object, initially identified as a furniture escutcheon. However, Chris Richter of Germany kindly identified this object as a women's corset fitting of more recent date, of a type that remains in use today. He provides the following visual reference to an image of such objects 'in action', at: http://www.neheleniapatterns.com/loeffelschliessen.jpg. The fasteners are placed on the rigid front of the corset (the busk) and enable it to be removed without full unlacing. The opening busk came into use in the middle of the 19th century, and continues in various contexts to the …
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-454FE7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern silver dress hook. Treasure Case 2009 T560. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, provided the following report: Silver(?) heart-shaped hook with impressed design of a flower and two holes for attachment. Design and facture indicate a modern date, probably early 20th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-260945
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Dress fastener of the type known as a 'cloak-clasp'. It is made of copper alloy with traces of a yellow-metal coating, and has an oval plate decorated with a relief lion's head. When held so that the lion's head is upright, the long axis of the oval is vertical. There is a rectangular loop to the right and a circular loop to the left; the circular loop is perpendicular to the rest of the object. The rectangular loop would have been sewn to one side of the garment, and an identical piece would have been sewn to the other side. One side would have had a short chain ending in a hook,…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.