Record ID: KENT-B2FB71
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gilt cast silver dress fastener (eye) of post-medieval date (c.1550-1600). Description: The body of the piece is sub-triangular with one sewing loop each side towards the bottom. A larger loop is formed at the top, in the centre, emerging from an integrally cast horizontal bar that extends further than the width of the body. This loop is where the hook would have been inserted, thus forming the eye part of the hook and eye clasp. The centre of the piece is decorated with a recessed cinquefoil with raised edges within a raised circular border. Smaller circles flank this…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brookland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E99C55
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy dress fastener of probable post medieval date (c.1550-1700). Description: The body is sub-oval in form and flat, 1.9mm thickness, with old breaks at either end. There are two attachment loops on either side surmounted by small finials (there would probably have been a third attachment loop at the base, now missing). At the top, the old break would suggest the start of a narrowed arm projecting from the body, so presumably a missing hook as opposed to a rectangular strap loop, as is often seen on this type of fastener. The face depicts an expanding …
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C39666
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy dress hanger of post-medieval date (c.1680-1720). Description: The object has been cast in one piece, with a now incomplete hanging fixture on the reverse and the remains of the rivet fixture at the base. The top of the object is a formed loop with an internal diameter measuring 4.71mm and with sloping shoulders to form a rounded corner, sub-rectangular, decorated pendant type shape with embossed edges and further decoration, including the remains of some gilding. The top half of the decoration has a pear-shaped raised edge and a raised central hum…
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-363478
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete Post Medieval silver gilt dress fastener dating to c. AD 1500-1700. This is the eye clasp of a single wire blunt hooked fastener and is comprised of a sub-circular sheet of silver on the front face of which is a raised relief openwork cinquefoil. A circular sewing loop projects from the outer edge on each side of the two lower lobes, and the larger integral eye sits at the apex, extending in a circular loop from either side of the top lobe. The back of the dress fastener is plain and undecorated with an indentation that may be a stamped mark. Measureme…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-5354B6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast silver dress fastener (eye) (Read's Class A, Type 2) of post-medieval date (c.1600-1700). Description: The object consists of an oval hollow dome bearing a ridged trilobate collar at the juncture of the plate and eye flanked by attachment loops. A second trilobate collar decorates the opposite end from which a larger attachment loop extends with an additional decorative knop. The eye is oval and so would have taken a blunt-hooked fastener. Measurements: length: 24.6mm; width: 16.2mm; thickness: 3.3mm; weight: 1.61g Discussion: Read (2008) classifies thi…
Created on: Monday 30th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goudhurst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-827486
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn near complete copper alloy dress hook eye of the early Post Medieval period, circa AD 1600 - AD 1700. Description: The hook has sub-oval plate with a rectangular looped eye at one end. There are two perforated knops flanking the eye for attachment and a third at the other end of the main plate. The terminal attachment knop has a decorative scrolls at its base. There are decorative scroll knops either side of the middle of the plate. The main plate has cast relief decoration consisting of three borders, the outer one formed from the edge of the plate, the inner is feat…
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2020
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-2BF768
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post Medieval hooked tag. AD.1500-1550. The tag is flat backed and has a moulded front. The central plate is circular in plan with a lobed outer edge. Within the circular-plan plate is an openwork pattern of round holes arranged in the four quarters possibly around equal armed cross. In the centre is a knop. At one edge of the plate is a broken attachment loop which would have been a rectangular-plan hole. At the opposite edge of the circular plate is what remains of a single hook, which would have served as a clothes fastening without needing a corresponding eye-p…
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thurnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5A93E6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete gilt cast silver dress fastener (eye) of post-medieval date (c.1550-1600). Description: The body of the piece is sub-triangular with one sewing loop each side towards the bottom and a larger loop at the top. This loop is where the hook would have been inserted, thus forming the eye part of the hook and eye clasp. The centre of the piece is decorated with a five-petalled flower, each petal being moulded, having raised edges and a formed depressed centre. The petals do not join, but instead the raised edges that create them gradually terminate towards the centre …
Created on: Friday 26th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-598D7D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy 'eye' from a two piece hook and eye dress or clothing fastener of post-medieval date (c.1500-1700). Description: The eye consists of a circular 11.6mm diameter attachment loop which is integral with a plate that has a raised central boss and three 'sunburst style' wavy arms above. There are two fixing apertures either side of the central boss that have moulded collars between the apertures and the attachment loop. Measurements: Length 19.9mm, width 14.9mm, thickness 1.9mm and weight 1.9g.
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-B64635
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The hooked element of a hook-and-eye clasp dating to the late 16th or 17th centuries. Description: The hooked clasp has a large square plate with rounded attachment lobes with square collars and a flat forward-curved incomplete hook. The lobes are set either side of the body and opposite end to the hook. Each of these lobes has been pierced and retain iron rivets. The blunt hook has a banded collar which is pointed at the body end of the blunt hook. Measurements: 27.93mm long, 26.17mm wide, 1.79mm thick and 2.21g in weight. Discussion: The hook matches Read's early Post-Medie…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-12A9CB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper-alloy flat clothing fastener with foliate decoration dating to c.1550-1700. This is an eye section with its broken rectangular attachment end into which a blunt hook would fit, consisting of a sub oval plate which has three attachment drilled knops. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with engraved and punched lines, circles and curves, mainly forming a spray of flowers. The field is bordered with small annulet punches. The reverse is plain and flat. It measures 28.5 mm wide by 36.1 mm long, 1.5 mm thick. Weight 5.5 gram.. Read (2008, 1…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-310639
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and incomplete Early Post-Medieval eye from a hooked clasp dating to c.17th century. Description: The eye is formed from a sub-pentagonal main plate, with a collared folliate terminal/attachment knop at the pointed end. at the opposite end is a rectangular eye for a blunt hook, majority of the eyeframe is broken and now missing. The entire object is very worn and relief decoration just visible on the upper face is that of flower with four long petals and intermediate petals between them. There is three piercings for its attachment one at the atachment terminal and tw…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: KENT-9B2422
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and heavily worn Post Medieval cast copper-alloy dress hook c.AD1550-1700. Description: Class A, type 2 dress hook. This hook is white metal coated, which has largely worn away. The main section has a floral design which is bordered by a ring and dot pattern, the dots also appear on the leaves and stem of the flower. The hook has been damaged, likely in antiquity, resulting in the projecting attachment-knops being missing, as well as the eye section. The back is flat and undecorated; the hook is a pale green/silver colour with some light brown patches visible. Dime…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-48B7D7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver gilt 'looped' portion of a dress fastener, dating c.1500-1650. Description: The item is sub-triangular in shape and is formed from a chubby head with wings or vegetativeelements sprouting from the crown of the head. Above the head between the sprouting elements is a large open loop, into which the hook part of the garment fastener would slide. From the lower sides of head are two smaller attachment loops, through which thread would pass to sew the fastener into a garment. These are formed from acanthus or other vegetative loops sprouting from the side of the head an…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-AB295A
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast early post-Medieval (c.16-17th century) enamelled copper-alloy blunt hooked dress fastening of Blunt Early Post-med Blunt hooked Class A Type 2 (Read 2008, 172). The clasp is roughly oval in plan, with an attachment loop on either side just after the blunt hook, now folded down over itself although remaining complete, and one at the terminal. Each of the attachment loops has been broken off. The body of the clasp is decorated with 3 pairs of ovoid champlevé enamelled cells (alternating white and blue) running diagonally from a raised segmented central ridge and …
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-36EE51
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener eye-piece (c. 1550-c. 1700 AD ) of Read Class A, Type 2. The fastener is near complete with only the bottom loop missing and generally ovoid shape with three round pointed knops one each side near the top of the ovoid with punched holds and one at the bottom (now missing). At the top is a rectangular eye, proceeded by a rectangular collar dividing it from the plate. The plate is decorated with incised floral pattern surmounted by the collar and a set of small semi circles. Following the edge of the plate is surrounded by…
Created on: Friday 29th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folkestone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-689767
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy hooked dress fastener (c. 1500-1700 AD). Read Class A, Type 1 or 2 (hooked clasp). This is one of two similar objects that would have been used together to join straps or clothing. The other object would have terminated with an attachment loop rather than a hook. The main body of this clasp is lozengiform with a pierced hole at one end and a hook at the opposite end. There are two similar holes at the hook end. At the centre of the front, within an oval border there is a possible floriate design. The rear face is plain. Width: 44mm;…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-4280BE
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A silver dress-fastener of the hook and eye clasp type. This item represents the hook element. The body of the item is a circular back plate. On the font filigree wire is applied around eh border and within this are four rectangular shapes applied with wire which divides the circle into quarters. Within each quarter is a circular applied wire. On the reverse is the eye element o the attachment. It is made of a single silver wire that is bent to create two loops. Looped through is another wire that may have formed a sub-rectangle but is now broken. Soldered onto this is a circu…
Created on: Friday 18th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: KENT-3DEDD8
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Post-Medieval (c. AD 1500-1600) silver gilt dress hook of Read's Class D, Type 5 (Heart-shaped/ Ovoid) (Read 2008, 71). The dress fastener is complete, with both the attachment loop and hook intact. The plate is largely flat and has a lobe on top, one on each side, and another above the hook. The plate is decorated with a raised foliate design consisting of a heart shape above three petels. The motif is contained within a raised border around the edge of the plate. The face and edges of the plate retain the gilding. The reverse of the dress fastener consists of a separate …
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5243F3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy dress fastener eye-piece (16-17th century). 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 small lateral pellets at its base giving the effect of a debased trefoil. There is a debased bifurcated knop midway along the long sides; both are now abraded. An integral rectangular loop emerges from the pair of attachment loops at the base. The upper surface of the panel is decorated with a moulded human en-face mask, now unclear, with scrolling to each side and a swag below, all within…
Created on: Sunday 26th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Blue Bell Hill', grid reference and parish protected.