Record ID: SOM-2CA2EB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T1061: Disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A fragment of a probably Post Medieval dress accessory of uncertain form, made of silver wire. The fragment consists of a triangular piece, broken and distorted along one edge but seemingly complete on the other two sides. The back of the object is made of silver wire laid in a grid, with interwoven strands like a net. The complete edge is formed from a V-shaped piece of plain silver wire soldered onto the front of the mesh or net, with a line of twisted wire outside this. Filling most of the centre of the V o…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-39121C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2016 T25: Disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: An incomplete openwork silver dress hook with applied silver filigree decoration. The dress hook is trifoliate in shape, with one petal bent the reverse of the object and one terminating in an old break. Each petal would have originally been circular with floriate decoration in the form of a central perforation with an applied filigree border and a number of silver pellets, some of which may now be missing. This is in turn surrounded by eight further circular perforations, each of which exhibits a filigree borde…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FDD898
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2015 T218: Disclaimed, returned to finder A complete post medieval silver-gilt eye piece from a hook and eye fastener. The body of the piece is broadly heart shaped with one sewing loop each side of the point, and a larger loop in the centre at the top where the hook from the other part of the fastener would have been inserted. One sewing loop is complete, the other missing to a break. The centre of the piece is openwork with the outer edges of the heart made of probably foliate branches. Down the centre of the heart is a design reminiscent of an urn, baluster …
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-21F2A4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval silver gilt decorative top from a hook and eye fastener dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The top is circular, domed on the front and concave on the back. The front is decorated with a five petalled flower design formed of a central raised boss encircled by five larger bosses. The bosses are domed on the front and concave on the back of the piece. The bosses, including the central one are each encircled by an applied plain wire, some circles are incomplete. There are applied silver pellets in the spandrels between the wire circles and between the circles forming t…
Created on: Thursday 30th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-616C6A
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T505: Disclaimed as treasure and returned to finder Description: A complete silver-gilt eye piece from a hook and eye fastener. The body of the piece is square with one sewing loop each side towards the bottom, and a larger loop in the centre at the top where the hook would have been inserted, thus forming the eye part of the hook and eye clasp. The centre of the piece is decorated with the head of a cherub moulded in relief. The cheeks of the cherub are puffed out, and puffs of air lead from the mouth to the left and right which flank the bottom of the loops. …
Created on: Monday 28th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D813E5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T50: returned to finder after being declared not Treasure Description: Silver loop part of a two part dress fastener with fleur de lis shaped plate. The main plate is shaped into a fleur de lis with convex fronts to each petal and a concave back. The two outer petals curve back so the points rejoin the base. There are three small, flat, circular sewing loops, one at the end of the central petal and one to each side at the widest point of the side petals. At the base of the fleur de lis is a transverse raised collar, then a constriction, a second collar and then a…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9C25A6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2010 T399: Acquired by Museum of Somerset. Silver-gilt cast dress fastener, dome shaped with rope twist edging. Along the inside of the edging are five evenly spaced bosses with rope twist edging, each making contact. In the space left on the outside of these bosses is a triangular design of three smaller knops; two knops by the outer rope twist and the third completing the triangle. Slightly off-centre of the dome is a small knop. A small circular suspension loop, attached to the reverse, is visible. The reverse is slightly concave with four visible hollow boss shap…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lopen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D72A5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case: 2009T635. Acquired by The Museum of Somerset. Silver dress fitting comprising a domed circle of silver, with design of three knops surrounded by raised filigree ropetwists and smaller knops within ropetwist border. On the back, a single hook made out of doubled twisted wire, terminating in two attachment loops, had been soldered on. This is a puzzling dress fitting and represents a new type. It is reasonably close in design to other flat hooks reported through the Treasure Act, including one with a fleur-de-lis with a similar hook made of doubled silver wire on the re…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-454FE7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern silver dress hook. Treasure Case 2009 T560. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, provided the following report: Silver(?) heart-shaped hook with impressed design of a flower and two holes for attachment. Design and facture indicate a modern date, probably early 20th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington CP', grid reference and parish protected.