Record ID: NLM4493
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large, oval, with decoration in blue, white and black enamel, large and wide hook bent forwards.
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE MARSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-3AA985
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy clothing fastener. Circular plate with central rivet hole, perhaps once used to attach a separate decorative applique. To one side is a rectangular attachment loop, to the other is a small circular 'eye' turned through right angles. Compare HAMP-4657B2; probably 18th or 19th century.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 14th May 2014
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Record ID: SOMDOR-327544
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked fastener of probable 17th century date. The dress fastener comprises a sub-circular plate with one round attachment loop intact, the stub of a second and the third entirely missing. The three circular loops would have been spaced equally around the edge of the plate. Between two of the loops there would have been a rectangular eyelet, also now missing, which would have accommodated a complementary fastener's forward-curving hook. The moulded decoration on the front of the fastener consists of a moulded-in-relief cross of St George within a wre…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mareham on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-4F0C11
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hook fastener. The object is ovoid with a rectangular hole. There are two circular perforations at the outside base of this rectangular projection. On the opposite side of the oval is another eye. The decoration consists of alternate moulded and segmented lines with a central design of spirals to either side of an indeterminate description. There are double spiral-decorated knops in the centre of the two long sides.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Record ID: LIN-DFAF44
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete hooked tag set comprising both male and female links. The objects were found together in plough soil. Both tags have a heart-shaped openwork frame with a crescentric shoulder at either side. The male tag has a small hook at one end and a T-shaped hook at the other. The female tag has a rectangular loop at one end and a T-shaped hook at the other. The short sides of the rectangular loop are faceted. Both objects are copper alloy and are decorated with silvering.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-C43D22
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy clothes fastener/strap fitting. The object consists of an oval plate with a rectangular loop at one end. There is a circular loop on either edge of the rectangular loop and one at the opposite end to the loop. Six decorative knops also visible. The plate itself has a decoratively moulded design within a moulded curvilinear and floral decoration. The surface is mid reddish-brown in colour. The reverse is undecorated. This fitting probably dates to the 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East side of Lincoln', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8C8B78
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval Dress fastener The find is a shield-shaped dress fastener decorated with a flower like motif and stamp impressions. At one end of the object is a rectangular attachment loop which appears to show signs of wear. On the edges of the object are three ear shaped loops each with a small projecting terminal. The fastener has a length of 36.2mm, a width of 28.4mm and is 1.8mm thick. The mass is 5.51g. All surfaces of the object are silvered. This fastener belongs to a group of 17th century dress fittings and is therefore more than the 300 years old required to be c…
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Thoresby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E62D86
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy clasp piece from a hook and eye fastener dating from the post medieval period. The plate is oval with an acorn shaped terminal knop. There are four broken sewing holes round the edge and a rectangular loop at the end. The front of the plate is decorated with white and light blue enamel and a central metal fleur dr lis or acorn. The fastener is similar to other hook and eye clasps from the Early post medieval period, but the use of blue and white enamel is unusual and probably suggests a late 16th or 17th century date. The fastener is 37.16mm long, 22.2mm wide and 1.3mm …
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-BF41D6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2009 T607 British Museum Report: Fragment of openwork silver, roughly hemispherical in shape, with filigree circlets and granular knops on one side, the inside flat. Weight: 2.43g, length: 24.4 mm. Probably part of a 16th Century dress fitting such as a button, head of a dress pin or bead, but possibly later. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton British Museum
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1F4B55
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy skirt lifter, as kindly identified by Simon Maslin, correcting an initial identification as a Roman ear scoop. Simon suggests a Victorian date. Round-section shank with a flat curved oval scoop at one end, and a flat plate at the other; the latter appears to have broken in antiquity at a perforation . Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Length: 85.22mm, Width (scoop): 6.08mm, Diameter (of shank): 3.10mm, Weight: 4.57gms.
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: NCL-46DE61
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy possible strap union of Post-Medieval date, 16th-17th century. The object is drop-shaped in plan with a flattened bottom, and three projecting circular tabs with circular perforations placed on the tip and along each curved edge. The flattened edge may be an abbraded break. The surface is decorated with punched and incised decoration. A punched ring and dot borders the edges of the object, with inward pointing chevrons emerging from the flat side and the tip. Between the chevron points the punch has been used to creat a small head and face. The reverse is …
Created on: Thursday 1st April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
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Record ID: LIN-74F416
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early post-medieval hooked tag. The tag is formed by copper alloy wire. At the top is a curved hook with a smaller loop to either side. At the other end is an oval shaped loop with a pin wrapped around the frame. The main body is formed by tightly wound wire. Cf. Brian Read, Class F, Type 2.
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
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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: SWYOR-192F64
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dress fastener of the post medieval period dating from1500-1650. It is one hafl of a hook and eye fastener; the catch half. The body is an ovoid shape, hollow on the underside. At one end it broadens out; this section has two circular holes for attachment to the dress and the remains of a rectangular fastening loop. At the opposite end there are the remains of a small sewing loop for attachment to the dress. The body carries an incised design of two flowers rising from the catch end; each flower has two leaves on the outer side of the stem. The fastener appears to …
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: NLM-962523
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt dress fastener or eyelet. Cast openwork, in the form of a vegetal spray with apical loop and six drilled holes of diameter 2mm. A stamped maker's mark on reverse resembles a narrow (tanner's) hide in an oval field. The display face is partially gilded, with this treatment reserved for highlights of moulded detail, rather than being preserved in hollow contours as might be expected. Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Length: 15.2mm, Width: 13mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 1.12g.
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A67655
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the post-medieval period. The mount has a flat sub-oval body with a small oval knop at the apex. Around the perimeter of the body are four side-loops. The body is decorated with a hollow-dome bearing a human facing-mask and foliage around it. An incomplete blunt-hook extends from the top. The presence of four attachment-knops or loops assigns this to Reads 'Early post-medieval Class A, Type 3, though the decoration is most closly matched to an example in his Class A, Type 2, illustrated on p.171, no. 645 (Brian Read, Hooked-Clasps and Eyes (…
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh le Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-B1DE87
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy toggle, The object consists of a solid pointed oval form with a circular section. This is attached to a circular sectioned shaft with a double looped terminal. It is 24mm long, 19mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 7.76 grams. No similar exmples have been found in datable contexts yet.
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: LIN-6B6777
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hooked tag of Brian Read's Early post-medieval Class A, Type 8. The body is flat, oval and has a recatngular loop at one end with a small circular loop immediately to both sides. Halfway around the periemter on both sides is a small rounded side-knop. The terminal is formed by a small circular loop. The body is decorated with an oval panel bearing possible foliate and floriate motifs within a beaded border. The beaded border contains a reddish coloured paste or enamel within in. Compare with Read no. 663.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C16C95
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dress fastener, perhaps part of a cloak fastening, probably dating from the early post medieval period, AD1500-1650. It consists of a loop of copper alloy wire of circular section, one end of which extends to become the shaft and curved hook of the fastener. At the other end of the loop, the wire is extended into a shorter section: this is bound to the shaft with five turns of thinner gauge wire in order to prevent the loop from springing open. Traces of some sort of white metal coating remain on the fastener; elsewhere it displays a dark brown patina. It is 28mm long, …
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
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Record ID: DENO-92C873
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy dress fastener. This fastener has decoration on the front and is flat at the rear. This is one of two objects that would have been used together as a hook and eye fastening device to join straps or clothing. although incomplete this piece was probably the eye part of the fastening. The clasp is sub-oval in plan and has a rectangular attachment loop at one end. There is a perforated knop projecting outwards from each side of the oval body of the fastener. These knops are perforated probably for sewing the object to an item of dress (Geake 2…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glentham Area', grid reference and parish protected.