Record ID: NLM-68BA88
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy skirt lifter fragment, as kindly identified by Simon Maslin, correcting the finder's and this reporter's initial identification as an ear scoop. A probably drawn round-section rod with a small [diameter 6.5mm] hemispherical bowl at one end, perhaps formed by hammering, and with a flattened end at the other which is broken across the site of a rounded hole of diameter 2.5mm. Both the ends appear to have been formed by hammering, and a deep nick appears just short of the bowl. Bent near its midpoint. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Length (as found): …
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey Turbary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1F4B55
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy skirt lifter, as kindly identified by Simon Maslin, correcting an initial identification as a Roman ear scoop. Simon suggests a Victorian date. Round-section shank with a flat curved oval scoop at one end, and a flat plate at the other; the latter appears to have broken in antiquity at a perforation . Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Length: 85.22mm, Width (scoop): 6.08mm, Diameter (of shank): 3.10mm, Weight: 4.57gms.
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: NLM-1BDE73
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy skirt lifter fragment, as kindly identified by Simon Maslin, who comments: 'I would suggest this is actually part of a Victorian "skirt lifter", not anything Roman. See here for comparison: Record ID: SUR-DB3645 - MODERN dress fastener (unknown) (finds.org.uk) . Cast round section rod with a tiny scoop at one end, broken at the other. The finder has cleaned, and perhaps also straightened, the object. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Length: 47mm, Width (scoop): 4.8mm, Diameter (handle): 3.2mm, Weight: 2.80gms.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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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: OXON-A8A1BE
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy, copper alloy dress fastener whose form has been suggested by Read (2008: 104) to date to the early Post-Medieval Period c. 1500 - 1600 AD.  The object is composed of a rectangular tag attachment loop at the top of a flat broadly oval plate. This plate has three projecting knops, two placed on either side of the plate approximately one third of the way down the length of the plate and another at the opposite apex of the plate from the loop. Each knop is D-shaped with a slight pointed projection extending from its apex and is pierce…
Created on: Friday 20th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-F1E2D0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2016 T494. Description: A complete silver hooked tag of Post-Medieval date. The object is sub-triangular and comprises a sheet of metal with a flared attachment end with five perforations along the curved upper edge. The lower edges of the attachment end are curvilinear and narrow to a wide rectangular blunted hook with upturned end. The object appears undecorated. Dimensions: Length: 21.6mm; Width: 28.9mm; Thickness: 1mm; Weight: 1.4g. Discussion: This was initially thought to be from the early-medieval period. However, curators at the British Museum …
Created on: Monday 13th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-978451
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver dress fastener, 21mm long, 12mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 1.63g. The object is made from silver sheet, and consists of an oval plate which has four circular holes in a row along its outer edge. In the centre of the opposite edge is a projecting tab or shaft which is 12mm wide at its base but narrows down to 7mm at its terminal. The shaft has a total length of 25mm but has been folded twice. The first fold is close to its edge and is probably deliberate, to form a hook or catch. The second fold is close to its centre, and appears to be accidental&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leicestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3D19D5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver sheet blunt-hooked dress fastener or hooked tag with a mushroom-shaped outline, the hook at the base of the broad stem and four attachment holes across the top. On the front two engraved chevrons, one above the hook and the other at the top of the stem, are joined by two lines. Four short oblique lines spring from the inner edge of the lower one. Length 20mm. Width 17mm. Thickness 0.5mm. Weight 0.87g. When discovered, this hooked tag lacked parallels and its dating was debated between early medieval (8th-10th century) and post-medieval, with the use of sheet metal thought to fa…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-ED9503
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy wire dress fastener of Read Class A, type 1 dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1445-1600). The fastener is comprised of a single piece of circular-sectioned wire bent over on itself to form a hook and two circular attachment loops. The surfaces have light green and mid brown patination. It measures 19.6mm long, 12.7mm wide and weighs 1.67 grams. For parallels see Read 2008, p. 155, nos. 582-586 as well as LIN-50601E, SUR-89A0A9 and SWYOR-EE6A86 recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. 
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-E2D292
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy dress clasp, broken at the diagnostic end but an eye piece, based on similar examples (c. 17th century). The fitting is flat backed and has a moulded front. The central plate is oval, and is broken at one narrow end; the other narrow end terminates in a fleur-de-lis shaped, the central part of which is perforated as an attachment loop. At the centre of each of the longer sides are protruding conjoined knops. Within a border the device on the front is probably a fleur-de-lis (see below) that fills the field. Measurements: 25…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-BAD975
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver gilt dress hook with filigree decoration. A trefoil plate with a pinked outer edge. On each lobe is a dome, two of which retain filigree decoration comprising three wire circles set around a small dome-headed pin. At the centre, between the domes, is a separately applied wide-headed pin which is attached with a butterfly fastening visible at the back of the plate. There are traces of solder on the rear of the plate for the attachment of the missing pointed hook. At the top of the rear of the plate is a horizontal offset attachment bar. The surfaces retain traces of…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimborne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-561BB6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper alloy hooked clasp, dating to c. AD 1645-1660. This is one section of a two part hooked clasp and features the hook itself. The object has a central circular plate, very slightly convex with a hollow reverse. There are three small sewing loops, two on either side of the hook and the third directly opposite the hook. This latter loop has a knop on the outer edge. The front of the plate is cast in low relief with a depiction of a shield containing the cross of St George in a wreath (part of the Commonwealth arms).  Measurements: …
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2023
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Record ID: LIN-EA2737
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy cast hooked dress fastener. The main body is sub circular with a central circular flat section bordered by a raised edge and then openwork. There is a sub rectangular loop for attachment on one side and the openwork extends and narrows on the opposite side to form the hook. which has broken off as the curve starts. The cross section of the loop and hook is D shaped and reverse of the fastener is flat. Length: 42mm, Diameter body 17mm, Weight 2.47g. 
Created on: Saturday 5th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-4A7AE1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy blunt hooked dress fastener. A Read Class A, Type 2 clasp. It comprises an oval plate which is squared at one end where it narrows into a sub-rectangular strap opening. The plate is flanked by two attachment loops, one on either side towards the end where the strap opening emerges with a third attachment loop at the apex of the plate at the opposite end. All the attachment loops have a central circular hole and a small knop at the apex. The front of the plate is decorated with a stamped and incised foliate design of a central stem with round ended l…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: SUR-B1BDEC
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy wire-work eye section from a dress fastener or chatelaine hanger dating to the 16th century. The hook is constructed from coiled and flattened wire, arranged in six spirals, three to either side, with an open attachment loop on the long axis. At the base of this loop is a small hooked loop which likely represents the folded-back end of another of the wire components of the object. These components are collectively bound together along the centre by a rectangular bundle of finer gauge wire. See LON-587021 or LON-7E5A24 for comparable…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: WAW-70FFB2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post Medieval probable dress fastening. This component of a dress fastening is the 'eye' and not the 'hook'. The body of the dress fastening is a horizontal moulded sub-lozenge in plan which is decorated with the Commonwealth Arms. One side terminal of the mount has an incomplete rectangular loop with a circular mounting hole either side. One is incomplete. The opposite edge of the object has another circular mounting hole. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The surface of the dress fastening is abraded and is a matt brown colour. The dress hook me…
Created on: Sunday 7th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-D4A015
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy dress hook, 40mm long, 22mm wide and 1.5mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 3.89 grams. It is flat and consists of an oval shield which has two circular fixing loops, 3mm in diameter, sitting on either side of a rectangular fixing loop, 12mm wide and 8mm deep. at the opposite end are the remains of a third fixing loop which has snapped. The shield is decorated with the Arms of St George with a raised cross in its centre flanked on the left by a palm border and the right by a laureal wreath. Class A, Type 8. The loops sugge…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-8B79A4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy shield-shaped figurative mount of probable Post Medieval date. There are obvious loop decorations and 2 potential loop decorations along the edge of the object. The object has imagery 'stamped' onto the obverse, which consists of 3 rings of different sizes around the image, and a central dotted image. The patina is dark brown-green and is patchy due to erosion. The length is 37mm, the width is 20mm and the weight 4.1g. The object has strong similarities to NMGW-4B1E7F, and appears to share the looped decoration on the edge. Other similar objects can be seen …
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: SF-7455F8
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked tag of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the upper edge of the attachment loop due to old breaks. The tag is circular in form with a concave back face and moulded, dome-shaped front face. At the top is the remains of an integrally cast copper-alloy rectangular attachment loop, which is flat and rectangular in cross-section. To both sides and the base are projecting circular sewing loops with central circular perforations, the one at the base has an additional projecting terminal knop. The front face has moulded decoration in the form of an Irish h…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2009
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Butley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-658B7A
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a post-medieval dress fastener bearing the arms of the Commonwealth. A sub-rectangular sheet plate stamped in the form of a lozenge with a large semi-circular lobe projecting from each side, each with elaborate geometric decoration comprising curved lines and two coat of arms in the middle. There are two lobes at the top but one of these is broken. The reverse is smooth and flat. Length 30.2mm Width 20.6mm Thickness 1.5mm Weight 3.83 g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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