Record ID: HAMP721
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Symmetrical, sub-triangular frame with short rectangular-sectioned shaft; blunt hook missing. Four round suspension loops; two at the bottom edge, two at the top separated by a rounded moulding with three transverse vertical incised lines. The central panel is decorated with moulded curving motifs; the recesses inlaid with alternating white and dark enamel. Much of white enamel survives.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2001
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAMPSHIRE HURSTBOURNE PRIORS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP2622
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy clothing fastener. Circular plate at centre with trapezoidal loop at one side and sub-oval extension opposite, with central circular perforation with engraved lines radiating from it. There are two further loops, one at the top and the other at the bottom, close to the trapezoidal loop. At the centre is a moulded ?cherub's head, with four conjoined curving bars which connect it to the outer circle, forming an openwork design. Surfaces slightly pitted.
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-C86833
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy oval plate hooked tag. At one end there is a thin rectangular suspension loop, now incomplete. There are three sewing holes arranged around the oval plate, one either side at the junction with the suspension loop, and the third at the bottom of the plate. There may have been two further sewing holes which have now been lost. The upper surface of the plate bears moulded scrolled decoration, now heavily worn, set within a border of three concentric parallel oval ridges. The reverse is flat with a thin black / brown coating. Patchy mid-green and reddish-brown patina. This fa…
Created on: Sunday 12th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Damerham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-7EAF42
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dress fastener of Post-Medieval date. At the top of the object there is a generally rectangular suspension loop. Beneath this are two small semi-circular sections with a large generally oval section beneath and a further small semi-circular extension beneath this. These sections have moulded decoration on the upper surface in the form of a rope border with floral and foliate motifs on the lower two sections. There are three circular attachment loops, one on either side at the junction of the two upper semi-circular elements and the large oval element, and a third in the c…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hambledon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-852E81
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy dress fastener catch-piece (16-17th century). This catch-piece has an oval plate decorated with moulded curling patterns around a central sexfoil flower, all enclosed with two raised concentric ovals, forming borders. There are pairs of rounded projections (tendril spirals) midway along the sides, and one end. On the opposite end is a rectangular loop that forms the catch-piece for the corresponding hooked dress fastener that originally formed a pair with this artefact. At the junction between the loop and the plate are two loops with a third at the othe…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherborne St John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-739C36
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, but complete cast copper-alloy toggle of post-medieval date. The object has a circular cross-section but is pointed oval shape in plan. Cast integrally there is a flat-sectioned arm coming from the side of the toggle which terminates in two small circular loops (set together like a figure of eight). The metal is reddish in colour with a dusting of light green corrosion product. This object is one of a group of artefacts which were originally identified by Ralph Jackson and Sally Worrell as cosmetic pestles, dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman period, AD 100 - 200…
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2006
Last updated: Monday 2nd August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawkley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4D3882
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy dress hook. The body of the hook is circular, with a raised circular ridge. There is a small circular rivet hole at the centre of the recessed circular area, presumably to attach further decoration to this area. The body has a decorative border of small moulded semi-circles, which are worn around the edge, however two small worn breaks are slightly visible where an integrally cast loop has broken off. The now missing loop would have been used to sew the hook onto a garment. The moulded decoration expands into a sub-rectangular openwork design …
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owslebury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3A4811
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hooked fastener of late medieval date. The fastener has a circular lobed body which contains an openwork cross.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-540E35
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded, but complete cast copper-alloy toggle of post-medieval date. The object has a circular cross-section but is pointed oval shape in plan. Cast integrally there is a flat-sectioned arm coming from its side which terminates in two small circular loops (set together like a figure of eight). The metal is red-brown in colour with overlying light/mid green corrosion product. This object is one of a group of artefacts which were originally identified by Ralph Jackson and Sally Worrell as cosmetic pestles, dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman period, AD 100 - 200 as see…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 2nd August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-66A417
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a middle Saxon hooked fastener with a pair of attachment holes. The plate alone survives and has a central voided cross with a pellet in each angle, which contains a band of rectangular shapes. Similar decoration fills the field. The fastener has a white metal coating.
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-8CC7D6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy hook-piece from a post-medieval dress fastener (17th century AD). The majority of the artefact survives, including the main, shallowly convex, oval plate. At one narrow end a wide hook emerges (W.: 5.9mm), curving upwards slightly before a break. At the other end there is a small projecting circular loop. There are two further circular loops on each side of the oval, just above the hook. The small holes may have been used for sewing the object to an item of dress (Geake 2001, 42). On the upper surface of the plate there are raised curvilinear ridges whi…
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-4DBAA7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval strap fitting; one of a pair with a rectangular loop to take a hooked tab on the opposite fitting. The cast decoration depicts the Commonwealth arms. See Robinson (1999, 286; fig. 1), especially no. 5
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-2D8EA7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One part of a two-part set of strap clasps. The hook on this clasp is missing. There are three loop extensions for rivets. The cast decoration depicts the Arms of the Commonwealth (see Robinson 1999 for further such objects).
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-79FD82
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver gilt dress-hook comprising a rectangular body with seven projecting knops and a central rectangular recess probably intended to take a separate fitting (as on the similar Hadleigh, Suffolk dress-hook 2003 T209). The hook, which now projects sideways, appears to have been soldered onto the back. The attachment bar on the back is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-CF67B1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded, but complete cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval toggle. It has a circular cross-section but is pointed oval shape in plan. Cast integrally there is a flat-sectioned arm coming from its side which terminates in two small circular loops (set together like a figure of eight). The metal is red-brown in colour with overlying mid/dark green corrosion product. Such objects have been found all over the country and recorded on this database: see, for example, SF-6E4BF6. Generally, the arm has been found to be perpendicular to the main element.
Created on: Monday 8th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellow CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-ED1DA7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and broken cast silver post-medieval dress fastener in the form of a scallop (cf. TAR 2004, 288; ref. 261). A broken silver dress-hook, cast in the form of a scallop shell. At the top of the shell is a small attachment loop, with a further pair, one either side at the base (one of these is broken). The ridges of the shell are rendered by ridges emanating from the base in three bands separated by curved transverse grooves. The reverse is plain and recessed. At the base is a rectangular recess for a recurving hook (now missing). The decorative treatment of this dress-ho…
Created on: Friday 21st August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ropley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-273C55
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy hook-piece from a post-medieval dress fastener (17th century AD). The artefact has broken before the double protruding attachment loops above the hook. Just over half of the sub-oval plate survives with a slightly bifurcated protrusion at the widest points. It tapers to a terminal with scrolled protrusions either side of a circular protruding attachment loop. The loop has been bent upwards slightly as a result of old damage; at the broken other end one of the sides has been bent down slightly. The upper surface is moulded in low relief and be…
Created on: Saturday 6th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-8DAAD1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded and damaged cast copper-alloy hook-piece from a post-medieval dress fastener (17th century AD). The plate is oval/ovoid originally with five angular attachment knops. These are located in pairs along the sides; that at the terminal has been lost. They are perforated and recessed probably for sewing the object to an item of dress (Geake 2001, 42). Two are just above an angular collar that separates the plate from the recurving hook; this latter has been broken. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with engraved and punched lines and curves, mainly forming a s…
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2010
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-2DB0C7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy post-medieval probable dress fastener element (c. 18th century AD). The plate consists of a trefoilate plate on a sub-rectangular base. The central fleur itself terminates in a trefoil and is perforated in the centre. The side fleurs are also perforated through semicircular side protrusions (Dia.: c. 2.7mm). The holes are there probably to allow for sewing the object to an item of dress. The central element of the larger trefoil is raised compared to those at the sides. It expands at the perforated terminal mentioned. At its base it bifurcates into two further tref…
Created on: Thursday 4th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horndean CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-BE48A4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded and damaged post-medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener hook-piece (16-17th century AD). It has an oval plate with three loops for attachment: two at the base, protruding to each side, and one at the other end with lateral protrusions at its base giving the effect of a debased trefoil. There is a debased bifurcated knop midway along the long sides. The hook has been lost just below the attachment loops after a diagonal break. The upper surface of the panel is decorated with moulded scrolling and foliate patterns within a sub-oval border. In turn this is all encl…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Spatial data recorded.