Record ID: BUC-D9E124
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post medieval hooked tag, dating to 1600-1700 AD. The hooked tag is oval in shape, and has three attachment loops. The two side loops are circular in shape and on one side there is a triangular knop projecting out, the top loop is rectangular shaped. The face of the hooked tag is decorated with an incised floral motif, with a quatrefoil leaf design extending down the tag, with a larger central projection. Below this is a floral trifoliate design. Running round the edge of the tag is a continuous border of punched ring and dots. In between this and the floral…
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
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Record ID: BH-F10D12
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hooked clasp of post-Medieval date. The plate is oval in plan, its upper surface bearing a central cell in which there is a relief-moulded design, probably depicting a flowerhead flanked by two spirals. A border of three grooves and interspersing ridges surrounds this central area. At the top is a loop, at the base of which is a pair of rounded lobes. Two further lobes project outwards from the mid points of the long sides of the plate. A blunt, forward-facing hook extends from the base of the plate, with a loop on either side. The corroded surfaces of the object bea…
Created on: Saturday 2nd July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-63B622
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver dress fitting, made in one plane with circular central plate with relief-moulded design of a flowerhead and one large attachment loop at base and two smaller ones on either side. Gilt. Signs of chasing on reverse. Measures 13.7mm long, 12.8mm wide, 2mm thick and weighs 1.38g. Related to, but not identical to, a type of dress fitting reported through the Treasure Act in which a flat element like this has a wire loop soldered onto the reverse, see TAR 2005-6 nos.700 and 701, and to surviving dress fittings in copper alloy. Vervels are sometimes of this form, see TAR 2005 no. 778.…
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2009
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bow Brickhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E633F6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hooked dress fastener; the hook is missing. The fastener, which is now bent, has a circular openwork plate at the centre of which is a heraldic rose. The loop is rectangular.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-C8CD50
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dress hook, cast as one piece with the hook end bent upwards over the upper surface. The main part of the object is curved (convex). This is lozenge-shaped with two pierced lobes at the hook end, one either side of the stem of the hook and a rectangular panel containing a row of pellets between them. The hexagonal central area has a foliate design with a central quartered berry and four leaves in cross formation with four small circular berries between. This design is within a border of pellets with a pair of rounded knops at either side. The opposite end to the hook al…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2006
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope', grid reference and parish protected.