Record ID: NMS-79E837
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gilded silver hook from a composite hook-and-eye set. Circular plate with a border of twisted wire, a central circle of plain wire with four evenly spaced ovals of plain wire linking the central circle and edge. A hook formed from a piece of wire bent double with the ends bent into loops to forms eyes is soldered to the reverse. Diameter of plate 10mm. Length 11mm. Read (2008, 159, no.598 and 599) Class B, Type 2. See ESS-FC3336 for a similar example. 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-29BDBB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver, gilded dress fastener eye-plate. Cast in low relief in the form of a stylised cherub's face with trefoil sprigs of probable foliage above and below, the larger upper sprigs framing the base of the circular eye, the lower smaller sprigs framing a an attachment loop to either side of the cherub. Flat, plain reverse. Gilding survives on the front face only. Length 14mm. Width 10mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Weight 0.8g. 16th century. For a very similar example see SOM-616C6A.
Created on: Friday 11th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F3E51F
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy eye-part of a blunt hooked clasp; Read Class A, type 8. Sub-oval body with two central side knops. The terminal end has an open rectangular loop to accomodate the blunt hook from the other half of the clasp. Three attachment tabs with central circular holes, two flank the body-side corners of the loop and the third is set axially on a short stub at the opposite end to the loop. The oval body has a twin oval border with beaded decoration within. The border contains a moulded foliate decoration. Read, B, Hooked-Clasps and Eyes; (2008) p175; No. 664 illustrates…
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Record ID: NMS-61D4EE
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval blunt-hooked clasp. Sub oval body shape with three attachment loops, one side and the endmost of which are missing. Attachment hook at opposite end also missing from a transverse break. Front face engraved and punched with a floral design. A very similar clasp is illustrated in Read, B. Hooked-Clasps and Eyes (2008) p170: No. 639. Read class A, type2. Circa 1550-1650.
Created on: Monday 27th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: NMS-AE025C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy hooked dress fastener, a cast flat lozengiform plate with one end missing. The front is engraved with an elaborate quatrefoil in the centre of a lattice with rocker-arm around the edges. On the reverse there are clear indications in solder of the position of the lost hook and less obvious signs of the ends of a loop. Read 2008, early post-medieval Class D, Type 3. Cf. with a plain example from North Yorkshire, ibid. no. 217. Estimated length of plate 22mm. Width 19mm. Thickness 1.1mm. 16th century. Field FLO12
Created on: Friday 12th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-09E149
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eye-plate from a post-medieval copper alloy single blunt-hooked clasp of Read 2008, Class A, Type 2, with one of the three attachment loops missing. The foliar ornament in counter-relief on the ovoid plate is the same as that on a male (hook) plate from Staffordshire (ibid. no. 651). A very close female parallel has been recorded from Dorset (HAMP-746D80) and an unprovenanced example differs in minor detail (NARC-20B077). Length 33.3mm. Estimated width c.25mm. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-E5EBC4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver dress fastener eye plate cast in the form of a fan of feathers with an opposed angled lines with curled ends either side of an arrow at the base of the fan. The feathers are alternately plain and cast with a central rib and angled lines. The plate is pierced twice to form attachment holes, with the third attachment loop projecting from the top of the fan and an oval eye projecting from the base. Read (2008) Class A, Type 7, see 175, no.662 for a hooked example depicting feathers. Length 25mm. Width 15m. Thickness 1.5mm.Weight 1.0g. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7B0FBE
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress fastener eye plate of Read (2008) Class B. Crescent-shaped plate decorated with filigree, consisting of a twisted wire border around an abstract design, probably two flowers with long stamens in a pot. There are very slight traces of possible inlay in at least one of the twisted wire cells forming the design. A single piece of wire is bent to form two attachment loops and the eye and soldered to the reverse. Slight traces of gilding survive. Length 16mm Width 13mm. Weight 0.6g. Broadly similar to NMS-D26CB2 (Wendling, Norfolk, HER42701), LVPL-859AC5 and KENT-3F6696. 1500 …
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mundham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DA4D77
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy dress-fastener hook plate, Read Class A, type 2, flat oval with three broken attachment loops and broken blunt hook. The decoration comprises a probable mask between ribbon-like decoration reserved on an enamelled field. The area of the mask is green, between two flanking black ovals on a white field, within a green border with the remains of eight white dots. Extant length 42mm. Extant width 24mm. See Read (2008), p.175-6, nos.663-4 and an enamelled eye plate from Witton (NMS-684305). Late 16th-17th century. …
Created on: Monday 9th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-65CBD2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Post Medieval hooked tag, The tag has an oval convex body, moulded and convex at the front with a hollow back. At one end the axial hook or eye is missing from an old break, with the original attachment point flanked by semi-circular tabs pierced with circular holes. There is a similar tab positioned axially at the opposite end of the body. The front face of the body is decorated with a fleur de lis or floral decoration the central projecting leaf of which is flanked by annulets. The front face retains some evidence of a surface finish, probably tinning. A…
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-57F66D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver eye-plate dress fastener consisting of a triangular plate with three twisted wire annulets within a twisted wire border which follows the edge of the plate, with a single length of silver wire soldered to the reverse bent and protruding from beneath the plate to form two attachment loops and an eye. Gilding survives on the front of the wire and plate but is missing from the centre of the three annulets suggesting a possible lost pellet. There are slight traces of gilding on the reverse and the tips of two corners of the plate are missing. Length 13mm. Width 10mm. …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-F08E37
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early Post Medieval blunt-hooked eye. The main body of the mount is sub oval in plan with a transverse rectangular attachment eye at one end and a lingulate shaped projection at the other. Around the edge of the body there are the remains of four circular attachment loops, two on each side, only one of which is complete. On the front face the clasp is decorated in moulded relief with a facing human bust with what appear to be rabbit ears, although these may be part of the background detail. There is a close parallel in Read: Hooks Clasps and Eyes, (2008); p1…
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-201722
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded dress fastener eye-plate. The plate is in the form of an elaborate trefoil, the side foils at right-angles to the central foil, each with a median rib and trefoil terminal, with one straight edge with a very narrow flange. There are two separately applied off-centre pellets. The plate is pierced twice behind the straight edge, with a pierced lobe at the terminal of the vertical foil for attachment. On the reverse is a separate soldered loop now broken in line with the straight edge but which would originally have extended beyond it to rece…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-033BA5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy double-hooked dress clasp. A shield-shaped sheet plate, with engraved rocker-arm cross on saltire within a border, is riveted to the centre of a wrought strip that tapers from the mid point and ends in sharp hooks. The plate is badly distorted. See related clasps with lozengiform or rectangular plates in Read 2008, early post-medieval Class S, Type 1. Length of strip 53mm, width of strip in centre 7.5mm. Plate length 33mm. Width 27mm. c.1450 - c.1550.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-C76094
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy shield-shaped plate with rocker-arm decoration on one face and a central hole filled with decayed iron, probably part of a late medieval double-hooked dress fastener of Read 2008 early post-medieval Class S. Being shield-shaped, rather than lozengiform, square or rectangular, the object is exceptional. However, its decoration, rocker-arm engraving, around the perimeter and in oblique lines in the centre, is quite normal. The rivet that attaches the plate to the double hook is normally copper alloy, but in this case where the plate is larger and heavier than norma…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B66644
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy hooked object, probably a dress fastener. A sub-rectangular plate, with a single central attachment hole, is heavily gilt on one face. Ferrous staining on the other face is probably the result of burial conditions. An integral hook faces forward, i.e. towards the gilt face. No parallel has been noted. The object seems too delicate to be a harness fitting. Length 29mm (plate only 14mm). Width 8.8mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-243882
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver eyelet dress fastener. Cast on low relief in the form of a bearded face with two curved triangular projections to either side, perhaps representing long hair. There are two integrally cast circular loops, one to either side of the chin and a larger loop above the head. The reverse is flat and there is no trace of gilding. Measuring 13 x 13mm, 2mm thick and weighing 1.1g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cantley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1101B7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two almost identical incomplete medieval copper alloy double sharp-hooked clasps of Read's (2008) early post-medieval Class S, both composed of two elements, a front sheet plate and a double-hooked strip secured by a rivet. Both ends of one strip are missing, along with one end of the other. Being shield-shaped, rather than lozengiform, square or rectangular, the plates are exceptional. However, their decoration, rocker-arm engraving, around the perimeter and in oblique lines in the centre, is quite normal. Plate heights 24 and 23.3mm, widths 22.5mm, thicknesses 1 and 0.7mm. Estimated…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
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Record ID: NMS-2E7826
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver, gilded dress fastener hook or eye plate. Sub-triangular plate with one long, straight edge which projects slightly beyond the shorter sides at either end, and four projecting pierced lugs for attachment. The plate is slightly concave on the reverse and convex on the front. Decoration consists of a line of pellets and twisted wire along the straight edge, a twisted wire annulet around each piercing, and a double strand of twisted wire forming a heart around three smaller hearts with a larger pellet at their conjoined points in the centre of the plate. A pair …
Created on: Monday 7th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-245967
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or early post-medieval copper alloy double sharp-hooked dress fastener formed of single rectangular sheet plate (now distorted) with terminal hooks, one of which is missing. The front is decorated with three conjoined parallelograms formed from lines of finely engraved interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed triangles. Read 2008 early post-medieval Class R type 1. Length 50mm. Width 9mm. Dates to the later 15th - early 16th century.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seething', grid reference and parish protected.