Record ID: SWYOR-201A2F
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold disc, probably part of a late Post Medieval or Modern collar stud or similar dress fitting, dating from AD 1850 - 2000. It is a shallowly domed disc with no decoration. The reverse is concave and is partially covered with a black coating, perhaps an adhesive as there is no other evidence of attachment. There is a flange round the edge which is flatter and uncoated. The disc would probably have been attached to a central shaft terminating in a smaller domed disc which would have sat against the neck after being threaded though a collar.  Measurements are; diameter 10.8mm, th…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: DENO-A4D394
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Period: Late Bronze Age (Ewart phase in England; Ewart/Dowris in Ireland) Object type: A so-called ‘dress fastener’, a penannular object with conical, trumpet-mouthed terminals Date of object: 1000 – 800 BCE (Late Bronze Age) Dress fastener with solid, cast 'bow' or 'handle' ending in two sub-conical terminals. The terminals appear to have been raised from the joining bar or 'bow' (which is circular in cross section and tapers towards the terminal cones) by hammering (planishing) and small hammer marks are visible on the surfaces o…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-3A996D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold hook element from a dress fastener, of composite construction, consisting of a hook (now incomplete) and an applied plate made from several elements. The applied plate is built up on a backplate made from a piece of circular sheet gold about 7mm in diameter. This has a vertical gold sheet collar soldered around the edge, which may originally have held a setting of glass, gemstone, etc. Around the collar is a separate outer frame of circular-section gold wire about 1.5mm in diameter, which has fine transverse grooves all the way round its surface. A butt joint i…
Created on: Monday 24th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 20th May 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-EB17F6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2013 T21. A complete gold dress fastener or stud of post-medieval date. The fastener is comprised of a hollow spherical head with a flattened base which has a very small central circular perforation and a D-shaped perforation to one curved edge. From the opposite edge to the perforation an integrally cast circular sectioned shank projects, terminating in a flat oval plate which appear to have been cast separately and soldered on to the fastener proper. The object is undecorated. Dimensions: Length: 15.9mm Head: Diameter: 11.6mm Shank: Diameter: 2.7mm Plate: L…
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: ESS-E44CD6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Number: 2011 T510 Harlow area, Essex Post Medieval jewellery fitting Date of Discovery: 17/7/11 Circumstances of discovery: whilst metal detecting Period: 16th century Description: gold dress fastener or decorative fitting. The fastener is lozenge shaped and set with a green stone (damaged) which is contained in a shallow square gold sheet bezel. Around the rim of the bezel a foliate design made of single sheet gold has been soldered on. In some areas this design has folded backwards. Along one edge, between the bezel and foliate design and so concealed when l…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-726102
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval dress fastener 15mm long, 15mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 0.67grams. The object is semi-circular in form with three small circular attachment loops around its outer edge. It is decorated with a large triangular motif formed of twisted wire with a floral motif in another triangle in its centre. Twisted wire also decorates the objects edge, which has four rounded protrusions with the loops sitting between. On the object's flat edge is a larger circular catch which has been soldered onto the back of the object. The object is probably a dr…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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