Record ID: SWYOR-F132FD
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy dress fastener (eye for a blunt hooked fastener of Read Class A, Type 2) of post medieval date AD 1600 - AD 1700.   The main plate is sub-ovate with two complete round attachment loops projecting from either side of the outer edges, and a third attachment loop at the pointed end of the plate.  These loops are each decorated with a projecting knop. The other end of the plate has a rectangular loop which shows signs of wear. The plate is engraved with an oval panel bearing a possible foliat…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-C83D69
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener; an eye piece form a hook and eye fastener of Read class A, type 8 dating from about AD 1550 - 1700. The fastener is sub-oval in plan with a broken sewing loop at one end and two complete loops at the opposite end, one either side of a protruding rectanglar eye. There is a bifurcated knop on each side of the centre of the plate. There is decoration on the face in the form of a foliate moulded design in the centre surrounded by two oval moulded border lines. The reverse is plain and flat and the surface has…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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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-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: 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-D3A328
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval toggle piece from a hook and eye style fitting, of Read's Early Post-Medieval unclassifed toggle-clasps Type 5 (Read, 2008: no. 761), dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It may be pasrt of a sword belt fitting. It has a flat plate with a damaged attachment end and pairs of large semi-circular notches to each side. At the terminal end is a projecting disc that would have enabled the object to lock in place with the corresponding catch/eye piece. At the centre of the attachment end and at the centre of the plate towards the terminal are the remains…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th 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: SWYOR-8434BA
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hook, from a hook and eye fitting of Modern date, probably AD 1800 - 1980. It is made from thick gauge circular-sectioned copper alloy wire, bent double, then bent into a hook, with the ends each curving out to the side to form two sewing or attachment loops. The object is 37.1mm long, 25.4mm wide, 18.9mm thick and weighs 14.0g. It was found close to another almost identical object - SWYOR-842D9C. A very close parallel is Read (1998) number 589, his Early Post Medieval Class A, type 1. Fasteners like this were used on uniforms in the 19th century and beyond, though…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-842D9C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hook, from a hook and eye fitting of Modern date, probably AD 1800 - 1980. It is made from thick gauge circular-sectioned copper alloy wire, bent double, then bent into a hook, with the ends each curving out to the side to form two sewing or attachment loops. The object is 36.1mm long, 24.9mm wide, 21.2mm thick and weighs 14.66g. It was found close to another almost identical object - SWYOR-8434BA. A very close parallel is Read (1998) number 589, his Early Post Medieval Class A, type 1. Fasteners like this were used on uniforms in the 19th cemyury and beyond, thoug…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 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: SWYOR-F2579D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
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 24.4mm long, 16.9mm wide and 6.6mm thick. It weighs …
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
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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-58B01C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post medieval hook-piece from a hook-and-eye type fastener dating from AD 1550 - 1700. The body of the hook is oval and convex. The front is decorated with an incised flower and foliate design. There are three integral projecting attachment loops, one at the apex and one at each side of  the top of the hook, which is missing. It is 31.6mm long, 15.3mm wide, 3.6mm thick, and weighs 4.67g. Similar examples are found on the PAS database and on pages 168 and  169 of Read's Hooked Clasps an…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2022
Last updated: Sunday 23rd October 2022
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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: 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: 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-D6A070
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy catch plate from a hook and eye dress fastener, dating from AD 1500-1700. The body is oval in shape. At one end is a knop which is damaged, but would have been 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 rectangular catch loop is complete. 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 or a white metal coating. Measurements; length 31.7mm, width 26.3mm, thic…
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Saturday 20th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-754D3E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval, copper alloy dress fastener of Read class B type 2, dating from about AD 1700 - 1900. It has a circular front plate of pressed sheet metal, to the reverse of which is attached a double strand of wire shaped into a blunt hook at one end and two circular attachment loops at the other one of which is broken. The front plate has a slightly scalloped edge, moulded with a series of small pellets, and a central moulded design of a flower made up of six petals and a central pellet. The fastener 14.5 mm long 13.3mm wide 2.9mm thick. It weighs 0.7g. Read, 2008, Hooked Clas…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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