Record ID: YORYM-73F501
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy blunt-hooked dress fastener of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1700. Reads Class A, Type 2. The main plate is sub-ovate with two ovate attachment knops projecting from either side of the outer edges and a third knop is present to the pointed end of the plate. The wider end of the plate has an integral rectangular attachment loop. The upper surface of the plate is worn with traces of white metal coating. The metal has a mid-green/grey patina and is worn. The object is 36.7mm long, 27.8mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 6.2g. A similar example is illustrated in R…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hovingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-04CAA7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early post-medieval, cast copper alloy dress fastener, the hook for a hook and eye catch, dating from AD 1600-1700. It is sub-oval in plan with a rectangular projection at one end, separated from the remainder of the fastener by a shallow ridge, bent forwards to form a blunt fastening hook. There are three perforated attachment knops, one at the end opposite the hook, and one on either side. All are incomplete. The front is decorated with a simple floral design (this could also possibly be interpreted as a fleur de lis or Prince of Wales feathers). The reverse is plain. Tr…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 28th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8D53FE
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dress fastener, part of the eye of a hook and eye fitting, dating to the post-Medieval period, about AD 1550 - 1700. The object is composed of an incomplete sub-circular body, with a, now missing, rectangular loop at the upper end, and the remains of an attachment hole at each side. The opposing end of the fastening is broken off and missing. The front face is decorated with a florate design. The reverse face is flat, plain and undecorated. It is of Read Class A, type 11. Dimensions: The object has a length of 22.0mm, a width of 15.9mm, a thickness…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-2D44E3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post medieval single piece from a hook-and-eye type fastener dating from AD 1550 - 1700. It is a Read Class A, Type 2 dress fastener. The body of the hook is an elongated oval and convex, the front being decorated with drapery or floral bands at each end. There are three integral projecting attachment loops, one at the apex which is missing, and one at each side of the fitting. The attachment part is missing, so it is uncertain whether it is a hook piece or a clasp piece. It has a thick white metal coating. The reverse is hollow. The dress fitting is 22.7m…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-7033C4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T506. Description:  An incomplete silver-gilt dress fastener of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 – 1600. Read’s Class B, Type 3. The main plate of the dress fitting is triangular with a twisted wire filigree border within which are three wire filigree circles. These would originally have housed raised bosses. Six large granules are present, set in the spaces between the circles and border. To the reverse of the plate a circular sectioned piece of wire is present representing approximately half of the attachment sewing holes and the eye loop. Only …
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lillings Ambo', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-3C63A4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy blunt-hooked dress fastener of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1700. Reads Class A, Type 2. The main plate is sub-ovate with two complete ovate attachment knops projecting from either side of the outer edges. The remains of a third attachment knop can be seen to the more pointed end of the plate though is lost to worn breaks. The wider end of the plate displays worn projections which would have formed an integral eye. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with a spray of three flowers bordered by ring and dot motifs. The metal has a dark-brown/green…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-838689
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable shoe or clog hasp, which would have been used with a similar clasp to secure a wooden shoe to the foot, dating from AD 1700 - 1900. It is a rectangular frame round a rectangular opening. Projecting from one long edge are two prongs, curving away from each other, forming an anchor like double hook. Measurements are; length 18.1mm, width 21.1mm, thickness 1.6mm and weight 1.37g. The opening on the hasp would have taken the hooked part of the clasp. The opposite end, shaped like an anchor, was used to secure the hasp to the fabric, and the opposite c…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-DD530A
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy dress-hook eye of post-medieval date, c. AD 1500 - 1650. The dress-hook eye is of Read's Early post-medieval Class A, Type 8 being oval in plan with three attachment knops, two bifurcate ornamental knops and a rectangular attachment loop. The end attachment knop is collared. The upper surface is decorated with an oval panel of moulded-relief decoration bearing possible foliate and floriate within a beaded border. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The dress hook is 38.15mm long, 22.06mm wide, 2.11mm …
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
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Record ID: DUR-CB4DA9
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete oval-shaped copper alloy and blue enamel toggle fastener dating to the early post medieval period (c.AD1500-1650). A round toggle (diameter: 7.07mm) projects at a 90 degree angle from a stem extending from the right-hand side of the artefact, with a pointed terminus on the opposing distal end. A right-facing male bust in profile relief sits centrally surrounded by a curving tendril design with light blue enamel filling the cavities. Four attachment holes, two near the left distal end and two broken holes near the centre-right distal end, would have attached the cl…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4CDA54
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2023 T165 Description: An incomplete silver gilt dress hook fastener dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1600). The object consists of the hook only, the rest of the fastener is missing. The hook is sub-rectangular in form and tapers to a narrowed point and has a D-shaped section. At the top is a worn break followed by a raised sub-rectangular collar that is presented as two bands crossing once over in the centre. Further down the hook shank is a raised rectangular boss with an incised rosette in the centre. Substantial gilding survives on the front and revers…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-79F477
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oval and openwork Post Medieval dress fastener; an eye piece from a hook and eye paired fastener, dating from AD  1500 - 1700. It has a narrow incomplete loop at one end, with two small circular sewing holes for attachment behind it. The perimeter of the plate is engrailed or scalloped with ornate scroll work, and there is an oval knop at the apex. This does not appear to be broken, so it is probably not a dress hook with a broken hook. The centre of the plate has a central rib, with three openings on each side of it. Length 29.3mm; width 18.0mm; thickness 1.7mm and weight 3.48…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-0F65F9
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval eye piece from a hook and eye dress fastener dating from AD 1550 - 1700. It is of Read's early Post medieval blunt hooked and eye clasps Class A type 2. It is broadly oval with two perforated lobes on either side of the rectangular loop at one end. One circular loop is incomplete and the plate is distorted, bending at an angle across the middle. The main body has moulded floral decoration of a bell shaped flower emerging from a border of tendrils. The other end of the plate is missing. The reverse is plain. Th…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 27th August 2022
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Record ID: DUR-44833B
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy dress hook or eye from the early post-medieval period (c.1500-1600). This is a dress fastener, of the hook-and-eye type although the hook (or eye) is missing.  It consists of a cast, sub-circular openwork plate, about 15.8mm across, with an integral sub-rectangular loop, 14mm wide, on one edge and the stub of a hook or eye opposite the loop.  The loop, of internal dimensions 10 x 2.8mm,has square outer corners and rounded inner corners where it meets the plate.  The openwork has a central part and cross pieces with wavy crosslets.  The perim…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-2CE62D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early post medieval hook piece from a blunt hooked hook-and-eye-fastener dating from AD 1550 - 1700. It is of Read's Class A type 1. The clasp is cast in copper alloy with a moulded design in relief. The design consists of three concentric rings of raised pellets around a central cluster of pellets; the effect is that of a stylised flower. Three rounded attachment knops arount the circumference of the clasp have all broken. There was one at the apex and one projecting at each side of the hook. A hole has been punched through the clasp, possibly as a repair, …
Created on: Monday 4th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-4B88BB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dress fastener whose form has been suggested by Read (2008: 171) to date to the early Post-Medieval Period around AD 1500 - 1600. The object is a Read class A type 2 eye fitting from a hook and eye dress fastener. The object is composed of a rectangular attachment loop at the top of a flat, broadly oval plate. This plate has three projecting knops, one placed on either side of the plate aproximately one third of the way down the length of the plate, and another at the apex. Each knop is a pointed oval and is pierced by …
Created on: Monday 30th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-CD29FC
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Post Medieval blunt hooked hook piece from a hook and eye type fastener, of Read class A, type 2, dating from the early post-medieval period, about AD 1550 - 1700. It has an oval body with three pierced lugs for attachment, one on each side of the oval and one at the end. At the other end of the oval is a transverse ridge, and a broad curved hook which bends forwards. The face of the body is convex and is decorated with a embossed design which is undefinable due to the condition of the dress hook, but which seems to have a three lobed cupola at the looped end, and …
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-8D5AB4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2022 T201 Description: An incomplete silver gilt dress fastener dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1600). The fastener is broadly triangular in form with a loop protruding from the bottom. The main body is a cast design presenting a heart in the centre which is flanked by a pair of wings or perhaps leaves, each with a small circular protrusion in the centre. Atop of the heart is an oval knop with an incised hatched design on the body that splays at the base to form a curved peak on either side. This may represent an acorn. Evidence of gilding survive largely…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A5427B
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dress fastener whose form has been suggested by Read (2008: 170) to date to the early Post-Medieval Period around AD 1500 - 1600. The object is a Read class A type 2 eye fitting from a hook and eye dress fastener. The object is composed of a rectangular attachment loop, which is broken with the one side of the outer edge missing, at the top of a flat, broadly oval plate. There is an integral cast collar between the loop and the plate. This plate has three projecting knops, one placed on either side of the plate aproximately one third of the way down the…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-090FC4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy wire blunt hooked clasp of Read's Class A, Type 1, dating from AD 1500 - 1900. The clasp is made from a single piece of heavy gauge wire, which has been bent back on itself to form a hook and has its ends curled into a pair of flanking attachment loops. It has a dark green patina. This form was used until modern times, but the patination suggests an earlier date. Compare with SUR-3488DA and Read (2008) page 155 - 156. Length: 28.34 mm Width: 13.16 mm Thickness: 8.54 mm Weight: 2.48 g
Created on: Monday 21st December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th April 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-430730
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Medieval or Post Medieval possible dress fastener dating from AD 1350 - 1600. It is an eye- or catch-piece and may have had a matching hook piece when in use. The fastener is a flat plate of complex shape. One end is trilobed. The two outer lobes have an engrailed curved edge but are otherwise plain, depicted like two semi-circles placed tip to tip next to each other. In the centre is a smaller more rounded lobe, which projects further. It is decorated with raised pellets covering the front surface, and has a smooth edge. The other end of the mount is sub-rectangular and much…
Created on: Friday 31st July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-DC1EE1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fastening loop from a clothes fastener, dating from the Post-Medieval period, AD1500-1700. It is formed of wire which has been bent into three loops, two for sewing the fitting to textiles and a larger loop to take the fastening hook. The smaller two loops abut each other. The fastener has a medium green/brown patina. It is 10.5mm long, 8.7mm wide and 1mm thick. It weighs 0.14g. See Read (2008) Page 156 number 587-8, Class A type 1. It is possible that there was originally a decorative plate attached to the front of this eye piece covering the join of two smaller loops.
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Monday 31st August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-61FB8D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hook piece from a hook and eye blunt hooked fastener dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1550 - 1700. It is a hook of Read's class A type 12. It is cast in one piece and has relief decoration on the front face. It is sub-pentagonal in plan, with a tri-lobed terminal at one end, and a wide, blunt hook extending form the other end and curving forwards. The centre lobe of the lobed terminal would have been an attachment loop, but is damaged. There are also two holes in the plate, one in each corner at the hook end. The decoration is a central four petalled flowe…
Created on: Friday 26th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-DE97BC
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dress fastener element; the eye piece from a blunt-hooked, hook and eye clasp, of Post Medieval date, probably AD 1500 - 1800. The object is a pointed oval plate, with a broken sub-rectangular eye at one end, and a large circular hole perforating the other end. The front has a design in relief which is badly corroded and unintelligible apart from one curling scroll tendril near the eye. There are traces of a white metal coating. On the reverse is a copper alloy rivet near the eye on the centreline. The large perforation may also have been for a rivet. The edge…
Created on: Friday 27th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-1DEB94
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy artefact, probably a Post Medieval dress fastener or toggle dating from about AD 1600 - 1800. The date and function of objects of this form are debated, it being either a Late Iron Age or Roman cosmetic pestle, or a Post Medieval clothing fastener toggle. It consists of a rounded body in the shape of a pointed oval, circular in section, from one side of which extends a short, sub-rectangular sectioned shaft ending in a pair of rings positioned side by side. The fastener has a patchy green patina. It is 25.6mm long, 18.7mm wide and 6.8mm thick. It weighs 5.53g…
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-C17ECB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy dress hook of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The dress hook is of Reads Class A, Type 1 being circular in plan with three attachment knops. The main plate has moulded relief and openwork decoration. The decoration comprises seven pellets forming a stylised six-petalled flower at the centre, set within two concentric linear circles with alternating pellets and transverse bands. Three rounded attachment loops project from the outer edge of the frame; two to either side of the integral rectangular eye and one to the opposite side. The reverse of the ob…
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-72A0FC
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Medieval to post medieval silver mount or strap fitting or dress fastener probably dating from AD 1400 - 1650. It is broadly D shaped in plan, with the curved edge being scalloped, and the straight edge having concave corners. In the centre of the curved convex edge is a projecting lobe, extending outwards and projecting forwards. It is decorated with two grooves running along it making it fluted. The area of the mount to each side of this lobe, has four rounded lobes along the scalloped edge on each side. There is a rectangular hole below at the inner end of the projectin…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 28th October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-5B3376
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dress fastener or mount from dating from about AD 1200-1700. It is a lozenge shaped plate of copper alloy with no surviving evidence of attachment. The front has an incised border with short transverse lines between the border line and the edge of the plate. The centre of the plate is decorated with faint rocker arm decoration. The plate is 20.2mm long, 17.5mm wide and 1.9mm deep. It weighs 1.4 grams. The patina dark grey/brown. Similar objects include YORYM-5A4A44 which is thought to be a mount, and NMS-7DC651 which is a double hooked dress hook. This plate could be fr…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F164BF
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible Post Medieval dress fastener, part of a composite wire hook and eye dating from about AD 1500 - 1700. It is a circular disc of copper alloy with no visible decoration surviving. On the reverse is attached a short length of copper alloy wire, laying along one edge of the disc. This probably once extended into a sideways projecting hook or loop for attachment. The object is 13.9mm diameter, 2.5mm thick and 1.37g. Possibly Read (2008) Class B, type 2, similar to number 598 on page 159.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 23rd January 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-8C13DC
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A medieval or post-medieval silver mount or strap fitting. Across the centre of the mount is a ridge in the shape of a shallow "w". Above each side is a slightly concave face which widens towards the centre. There is a small knop that rises above the ridge. Below the ridge the mount is semi-circular with a rivet hole in the centre. The reverse has diagonal incised lines and a circular stud either side of the rivet hole. Dimensions: Length 14.5mm, width 10mm, thickness 3mm, weight 1.15g Discussion: A lead-alloy example in a similar shape with two rivet holes has …
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knaresborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-A70999
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy dress-hook eye of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The dress-hook eye is of Reads Class A, Type 8 being oval in plan with three attachment knops, two bifurcate ornamental knops and a rectangular attachment loop. The upper surface is decorated with an oval panel bearing a human facing mask wearing a headdress within a beaded border. The reverse is flat and undecorated though traces of silvering remain on the upper surface. The metal has a mid -green patina and is worn. The dress hook is 39.4mm long, 22.4mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 4.6g. A simi…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-7E68AA
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dress fastener (eye section) of post-medieval date. The object consists of a circular plate with three rounded loops for attachment projecting from the outer edge. An incomplete rectangular loop for attachment to the hooked section of the dress fastener projects from between two of the attachment loops. The object is decorated with a central flower like motif consisting of a central flattened pellet surrounded by six pellets. This is then surrounded by eight openwork 'petals'. A series of flattened pellets and lines border the openwork 'petals'. The rear of …
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A6A9A3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dress fastener, the hook piece, of Post-Medieval date, Read class A type 2, dating from AD 1550 - 1700. It has a flat, oval body, squared off at one end, with three fastening loops on the outer edge, one at the point of the oval and one in the centre of each side. Each fastening loop is pierced with a circular perforation and has a small, rounded knop on the outer edge. In the centre of the squared end is an integral, projecting blunt hook, the end of which has broken away and is missing. One face of the fastener is decorated with a punched design of a three petall…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-6B6027
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dress fastener of Read's class A blunt hooked type, dating from the Post-Medieval period, AD 1600 - 1700. The body is oval in shape, concave beneath and terminates at one end in a broad, integral hook, the curved end of which has broken away and is missing. On either side of the base of the hook, where it leaves the body, is a small, circular attachment loop. A third loop was present at the other end of the body, but this has also broken away and is missing. The upper side of the body carries an incised design of a single flower with two slender leaves. The tag is 33.4m…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F34467
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Post-Medieval, copper alloy dress fastener; the eye piece from a single blunt-hooked and eye clasp, of Read class A, type 2 (three attachment knops, some with a collar, projecting and/or ridged), dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It has a flat, oval body with three attachment knops, one to either side and one at the apex, all pierced with a circular holes. A rectangular loop projects from the base. The upper surface of the body has incised and stamped decoration comprising a border of punched annulets inside of which is a foliate design in the form of a fleur springing from the loo…
Created on: Sunday 8th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-1CF925
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Post-Medieval, copper alloy dress fastener; a single blunt-hooked and eye clasp, of Read class A, type 2 (three attachment knops, some with a collar, projecting and/or ridged), dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It has a flat, oval body with three attachment knops, one to either side and one at the apex (now missing), all pierced with circular holes. A broad flat hook projects from the base and is broken at the bend. It has no collar. The upper surface of the body has incised and stamped decoration comprising a border of punched annulets inside of which is a foliate design in the fo…
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-D1DA58
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt decorative element probably from a Post Medieval dress fastener or hat decoration dating from the 16th century. It is circular and convex on the front with a hollow back. It is decorated with a six petelled flower design formed from applied wire with a worn projecting rivet at the centre. The petals could have been cells for enamel or other settings, but are now empty. The circular plate has a double border of rope effect applied wire filigree. There is a C shaped loop of wire on the reverse, now flattened, which would have allowed this element to be attached to a larger…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-27DCBD
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Post-Medieval, copper alloy dress fastener; a single blunt-hooked and eye clasp, of Read class A, type 2 (three attachment knops, some with a collar, projecting and/or ridged), dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It has a flat, oval body with three attachment knops, one to either side and one at the apex (almost entirely missing), all pierced with circular holes. A broad flat hook projects from the base and is broken at the bend. It has no collar. The upper surface of the body has incised and stamped decoration comprising a border of punched annulets inside of which is a foliate desi…
Created on: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-DBA47D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver-gilt dress fitting dating from the 16th century. It is the eye piece from a hook and eye fitting and has applied filigree decoration. The fitting is sub-triangular in plan with a large wire loop projecting from the straight base. This loop is soldered on to the reverse. The two remaining edges of the triangle are lobed because the rest of the plate is a trefoil of three circular elements. There is a cast knop at the apex and two lower corners, and integrally cast projecting attachment loops in the centre of each side. The cast plate is decorated with applied twisted wire…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tadcaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-9FE646
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast, copper alloy artefact, probably a Post Medieval dress fastener or toggle dating from about AD 1600 - 1800. The date and function of objects of this form is debated, being either a Late Iron Age or Roman cosmetic pestle, or a Post Medieval clothing fastener toggle. It consists of a rounded body in the shape of a pointed oval, from one side of which extends a short, circular shaft ending in a pair of rings positioned side by side. A casting seam is visible along the length of the solid body on the face opposite the shaft. The pestle has a dark brown patina. It is 25.8mm long,…
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-B084B5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener hook-piece, dating from the 16-17th century AD. It has an oval plate with three circular loops for attachment: two at the base, protruding to each side, and one at the other end. There is a debased bifurcated knop midway along the long sides; one is missing and the other is 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 symmetrical floral design with a central quatrefoil with knop at its centre and two coiled 'leaves' at either side.…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-594EE1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver gilt hook piece from a hook and eye dress fastener, dating from the seventeenth century. The dress fastener consists of a disc with an added wire loop soldered on to the reverse. The disc has an applied twisted filigree border and is decorated with three repousse knops each with their own applied twisted filigree border. There are also four applied pellets, one central and three equidistantly distributed around the edge of the disc in the angles between the domed knops. Each of these three pellets have their own circlet of twisted filigree. The attachment loop is …
Created on: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bilton-in-Ainsty', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-948825
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval dress fastener, copper alloy, Read Class A Type 2, oval plate, three attachment loops, and two lateral projections. Decoration on face obscured by corrosion, terminal hook lost. Length 31.4mm, Width 20.0mm, Thickness 1.4mm, Mass 4.19g.
Created on: Monday 30th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boroughbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B13E05
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable dress fastener in the form of a wire pin fashioned in a D shape with the terminal projecting at the bottom of the loop. The terminal is in the form of a thin acorn and is semicircular in section. The rest of the object is circular in section, made of thick wire. The opposite end tapers to a sharp point. This object was probably used as a dress fastener similar to a cloak fastener or hooked tag. The acorn motif suggests a Medieval date, but no parallel has been found. The D shape appears to be intentional rather than as a result of damage. The object has a patch…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-F2FAD7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast cooper alloy hooked tag of post-medieval date. The hooked tag is of Read's Class A, Type 8 being oval in plan with three attachment knops, two ornamental knops and a rectangular attachment loop. The upper surface is decorated with possible foliate and floriate designs within a beaded border and bifurcated ornamental knops project from either side. The attachment knops are rounded and the end one has a rounded collar. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid greenish-brown patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 40.4mm long, 22.2mm wide, 1.9mm thick a…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-F297C7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast cooper alloy hooked tag of post-medieval date. The hooked tag is of Reads Class A, Type 2 being oval in plan with three attachment knops and a rectangular attachment loop. The upper surface is decorated with an incised foliate design with in a border of annulets and the reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid greenish-brown patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 37.3mm long, 30.2mm wide, 1.7mm thick and weighs 5.5g. A similar hooked tag is illustrated in Read, p.171, no.642.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-7B7C77
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked tag of post-medieval date. The hooked tag is of Reads Class A, Type 8 being oval in plan. The tag is extremely worn and has lost its attachment knops and collar. There are faint traces of a raised floral design within an oval border on the front face of the tag though it is now very worn. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is a dark reddish-brown colour and is worn. The hooked tag is 25.5mm long, 16.2mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 2.3g. A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.175, no.663.
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flaxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A75094
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt dress hook. The plate is in the form of two leaves forming a V shape and terminating in a short neck with a raised collar and a tri-lobed expansion at the end. Behind the plate is a rectangular strip metal loop across the width.This and the hook have been soldered to the decorative plate. The hook is ciscular in cross section and tapers to a sharp point. The hook is bent backwards and upwards to form a U-shape. Date: Post Medieval - 16th century Dimensions: 23.72 mm x 14.44 mm x 11.23 mm Weight: 2.29 g
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape with Thorp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-27D9B4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The hook section of a cast, copper alloy, dress fastener dating from 1600-1700. It has an oval shaped body, concave on the underside. At one end of the body is a circular fastening loop, now broken. There are two further fastening loops at the other end of the body, one on each side. Beyond this pair of loops is a short, rectangular section that would have curved back on itself to form a broad, blunt hook, but this has broken away and is also missing. The upper surface of the body carries a design of a flower with two leaves and three petals. There are three small crescents below the …
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-9BAA47
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy catch plate from a hook and eye dress fastener, dating from 1500-1700AD. The body is oval in shape. At one end is a knop which is pierced for attaching to the clothing. There are two further pierced knops for attachment at the opposite end of the body, one on each side. The tractangular catch loop at the other end has broken off and is missing. The front of the plate is decorated with three stylised feathers or a fleur de lis and has a border of punched annulets. There are also traces of silvering. There are many similar examples on the database including SWY…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-344A72
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded copper alloy chain mail armour hook, broken into two pieces. When complete, this would have been an S-shaped object in plan, with circular terminals, one of a pair which together would have formed a hinged lyre-shaped fitting (see M.120). The smaller fragment consists of one terminal. The rest of the object is complete. The front surface appears to have been gilded, and shows moulded decoration. There is a raised moulded band running down the centre of the S-shape, with a hatched central line. On either side of this ridge is a line of punched circular motifs. On the circular te…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Richmond Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-5F9932
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy early Post Medieval dress hook/fitting, Read class A, Type 2 (p.168-171). It is sub-oval in plan with a rectangular loop at the top and three attachment knops, one at the bottom, and one on either side. Each of the knops has a circular perforation for attachment. Below the top rectangular loop is a double collar consisting on two horizontal lines. It has been engraved/punched on the front for decoration, the reverse is plain. The edge of the front has a border of raised dots, in the centre is a floral motif, coming from the top. It is very similar to no. 641 in R…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-D1A6A6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible cast copper alloy Post Medieval dress accessory in the shape of a face. It is broken on all edges. The reverse is flat, with a raised line running down what would have been the centre of the complete object. This line could well have been a method of attachment. The front of the item is a face, with two large circular eyes shown as raised dots set in small hollows. The nose is a raised triangle and then it is broken, although there is the possibility of something depicting a mouth.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-907B06
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy eye clasp dating to the Post-Medieval period, (1500-1700). The object is decorated with moulded relief. A segmented median band separates four oblique ovoids on either side and one at the base of the object. The ovoids are infilled with bright light blue enamel. The object has three circular integral attachment loops, one at each side and one at the base of the object. At the other end of the object is a sub-rectangular attachment loop which has broken in the centre. The object has a dark green patina and is in very good condition. The object can be classified as …
Created on: Monday 16th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8921B5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy terminal from a dress accessory of some sort (probably) which is Post Medieval in date. It is made of thin copper alloy and is triangular in shape and rectangular in section. It is of hollow construction, with a circular hole in the apex. The reverse is plain, but the front is decorated with scrolls and a trilobed terminal which is decorated with small punched circles. Much of the gilding on the front and back survives. At the base of the triangle, the front steps up, getting suddenly thicker. It has a length of 17.09mm, width 16.61mm, thickness 3.16mm, weight 1.99g. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-589235
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2004 T191 A silver-gilt dress fitting comprising a flower-head in the form of a Tudor rose, cast and gilt, with a recurving pin soldered onto the back. Possibly a hat pin. Flower head approx 1.3 cm diameter. Worn through use. Probably 16th Century.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton on Derwent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F186F2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dress fastener; half of a hook and eye fastener dating from c. 1600-1700. It is oval in shape; one end of the oval finishes in a pierced lobe with a small knop, the other end in a rectangular fastening loop. There are two side lobes, each of which also carries a small knop and a sewing hole. The upper side is decorated with a pattern of a plant with three flowers, one at the end of the stem and one on either side. The underside is plain. The fastener has a light green patina and the metal is in good condition. It is 36.6mm long, 29mm wide, and 2.2mm thick. It weighs 3.8…
Created on: Thursday 16th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: DUR-B7CD64
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval dress hook dating from the 16-17th centuries. It is an openwork design, Read Class E, Type 5 (2008, 109-110). The hook has broken just below the main body. The design is that of a Hungerford knot, a central larger hole with two smaller ones above. The attachment loop is rectangular and has a moulded circular flower on each vertical bar just above the main body. There is also a moulded design below the main body where the hook begins, this could be a face as has been seen on other examples but it is not clear from the image.
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-69B1E5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy strap fitting or dress fastener. The object consists of an oval plate with attached loops. There are loops on both sides of the now broken projection hook and one at the opposite end of the plate. The plate itself has been decoratively stamped and features a floral design. The surface is mid greenish-brown in colour. The reverse is undecorated. This fitting probably dates to the 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxton with Scarthingwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-123C10
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a solid silver-gilt dress fitting or mount, medieval in date, most likely dating to the 15th Century. It is formed from two plates of silver; the surviving pieces are tongue shaped. The top one is slightly smaller than the bottom one; the two have been soldered together. The terminals are both broken, one has an irregular break, while the other has been torn. The edges of the bottom plate have been decorated with an applied cable work design. The top plate is decorated with a chevron design, with further cross-hatched incised marks. The reverse is smooth and undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Well', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-08AEA5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap fitting or dress fastener. The object consists of a circular plate with a rectangular bent projection for attachment, now broken. There is a loop on one side of the attachment, the opposite loop has broken off. There is also another broken loop at the bottom of the plate. The plate itself has been decoratively moulded and features a central voided short cross, with a raised oval border, around which there is a further raised pelleted border. The surface is mid reddish-brown in colour. The reverse is undecorated. This fitting probably dates to the 1…
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barlby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EADE47
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Post-Medieval dress fastener. Silver dress fitting comprising central disc with rope twist border, decorated with three filigree circlets with central knops. A single loop of twisted silver wire is soldered to the back so as to form three eyes for attachment. This object is difficult to place. Similar hooks or fragments of them have been reported through the Treasure Act as undiagnostic or later than 1708: see TAR 2003 no. 285, and TAR 2004, no. 405. Another example from the East Riding (TAR 2004, no. 259) was there dated to the 17th Century. Probably 17th Century. As …
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2008
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-C0ADC6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy dress fastener (hook piece) of the early post-Medieval period. The fastener is incomplete at the head, though the hook remains largely intact. The head would have been openwork circles, but there is a break almost immediately at the top of the hook shaft.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-BDEA11
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fastener from the Post Medieval period. The central tag of the fastener is roughly circular in plan and has two perforations on each half of the circle, for a total of four. The fastener’s hook and loop are broken but the shaft of the hook and the base of the central loop’s arms are present.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-8C7D02
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver dress-fitting Hemispherical dress fitting with flat pinked base and remains of an attachment, perhaps a shank to make this object serve as a button. The domed surface applied with filigree circles and knops in the manner of contemporary dress pins. 1.5 cm diameter. 16th-17th Century. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Littlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5CC225
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Identification supplied by Jim Halliday: The male section of a two part toggle fastener. A cast copper alloy, hollow backed toggle fastener with two rivet holes for the attaching of rivets, one of these rivets remains in place. The thin double collared circular male terminal is rounded and slightly offset to interlock with the open female fitting at the opposite side. This is only one piece of a pair of such fittings, the other is missing. These fittings most likely date from the 15th - 16th Century AD. A complete set was found in Suffolk, examples appear in an article by Brian Rea…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-ED2AA0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible silver moulded dress fastener dating from the 18th century. The object comprises a leaf-shaped, moulded body with loops for attachment and a hook. There is one loop at the apex and one to either side of the hook. The body of the fastener is decorated with a line of pellets at the centre with radiating lines on either side.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-713B54
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy clothes fastener dating to the 17th century AD. The plate is oval in shape and is decorated with a punched ring and floral motif within a punched ring border. At one end is a small circular attachment loop, with a rounded knop, similar knopped loops can be seen on either side. These eyes would have allowed the fitting to be sewn onto a garment. At the opposite end there is a rectangular loop, through which a ribbon wpuld have been passed. The reverse is undecorated. The object is worn with a mid reddish-brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weaverthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-319AB5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval tin alloy dress fastener. The shape resembles two inward facing 'S' letters which form an openwork heart. Each 'S' has a flattened discoidal knob on its outer side. There is a rectangular loop at one of the shorter ends and two circular attachment loops on the reverse of the object.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-5CB6A6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fastener, probably post-medieval in date. The hook piece of a fastener, possibly for clothing or a belt. It has been cast in one and appears complete but has some iron corrosion on the rounded end. The hook has a sub-square section and leads into a circular part of the object. This is hemi-spherical and hollow although it has been filled by ferrous corrosion and dirt. The upper face of this part is decorated by incised lines and two circular perforations. The back piece was cast integrally and has been bent back on itself across the back of the hemisphere.
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-131B66
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy toggle of post-Medieval date. It has a solid three- dimensional ellipsoid which is 19mm wide and 8.5mm thick. From the centre of one side projects a narrow stem which is oval in section. The stem terminates in two circular loops, one on each side of the stem. The toggle is 24.4mm long from the loops to the face of the head. It has a flaky grey patina. Although it has an unusua form, several similar ones have been recorded on the database, including WMID-905A14. At present, there is no reliable typological sequence for the development of this category of artefact.
Created on: Sunday 7th January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-F5A2F2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oval shaped dress fastener with moulded floral decoration. At the base are two loops for attachment.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2006
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-7638E0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a cast cooper alloy hooked clothing fastener. Decorated oval body with two side projections, three attachment loops and a rectangular loop to receive the hook. Dates from the 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-090082
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Round body, hook and loop missing, very worn condition.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.