Record ID: NARC-39653A
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Strap Fitting of Post Medieval date (AD 1500-1750). The fitting is composed of a sub-circular plate with an integral upper trapezoidal attachment loop, two flanking circular loops and l lower loop. The front face of the object has a raised moulded design, composed of a stylised floral motif and a repeating scroll work/curvilinear motif forming four quadrants. The back of the object is flat and undecorated. The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length 39.76mm, Width 36.46mm, Thickness: 2.46mm, Weight 6.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Record ID: OXON-E7EDAF
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy hooked tag (dress hook) dating to the early Post Medieval period of the Read Class A type 7. The main body of the dress hook is domed with radiating grooves and represents a scallop shell. The eye is rectangular. Three attachment holes are present, two on either side of the base of the eye and one at the end of the shell opposite the eye. The reverse is concave. The dress hook measures 36.5 mm in length, 18.7 mm wide and 4.4 mm thick. It weighs 7.6 g. The dress hook is a dark green to brown colour, with an even sur…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BA8B6F
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double sharp-hooked clasp (dress hook) of early Medieval date (c. 8th to early 8th century AD). The object consists of a central bar and two curved hooks. The central bar is sub-rectangular in plan and profile measuring 22.5mm long, 7.8mm wide and 4mm thick. The bar is neatly perforated in the centre (3.4mm internal diameter) which may have been used for a suspension chain or cord. Transverse incised lines frame the perforation on both sides. The bar is decorated with diagonal incised lines on both sides and both edges. The bar gently tapers towards incurv…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: SF-926FE7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early post-medieval dress hook. The attachment plate has a rectangular loop at the upper end and a semi-circular loop on either side flanking a central moulded rose. A long, sharp, rear-facing hook projects from the lower end with a ribbed collar at the junction with the plate.  Read's (2008) Class E, Type 3, which are an early post-medieval type. c.f. PAS record IOW-ADA7B6. Length: 30.44mm, width: 16.82mm, thickness: 2.68mm, weight: 1.91g
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stowupland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EAE58B
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2021 T800 Description: An incomplete silver-gilt dress fastener dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1600). The fitting is triangular in plan and is bordered with applied twisted wire (filigree) against a folded border. There is a loop attached to the top central edge with decorative knobs on either side. Each remaining edge has an integral trefoil lobe protruding from the main edge. The left edge’s trefoil lobe is irregularly angled, presumably a result of the casting process, but may indicate a later repair where it has been reattached. This is further …
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hunsterson', grid reference and parish protected.

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: DEV-8261B6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy dress fastener, probably a cufflink or less likely a toggle, dating to c. AD 1750-1900. The object is formed of a round circular stud, which rises into a thick cylindrical stalk, upon which is placed a flattened drop-shaped plate. This plate is faceted on its upper surface, giving the appearance of a central spine. It is a dark brown patina, not the green one would associate with Roman finds from this area. This patina, combined with its streamlined and distinct apperance, suggests its date as post medieval, as most likely a small cufflink akin to SW…
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
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Record ID: IOW-57A092
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Post Medieval hooked tag, AD.1500-1550. The tag is flat backed and has a moulded front. The central plate is circular in plan with a lobed outer edge. Within the circular-plan plate is an openwork pattern of round holes arranged in the four quarters possibly around equal armed cross. In the centre is a knob. At one edge of the plate is a broken attachment loop which would have been a rectangular-plan hole.
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: NARC-DAA6FD
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy probable fastener, possibly button and loop style, dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period (100 BC - AD 150). There are no direct classification parallels for this item, though it is likely related to Wild (1970) type 1 button and loop fasteners. The item is comprised of two conjoined disc lugs. The lugs are arranged side by side. The upper surfaces of the discs are decorated with four raised circles, increasing in size. From one edge of each of the discs an integral sub-rectangular loop projects. The underside of the object is unde…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
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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: LVPL-476912
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dress hook fasterner dating to the early medieval period (c.AD 800-1100). The hook consists of a thin sheet metal plate, the head is in broadly lozenge in form with rounded corners. Two circular attachments holes are present at the top of the plate. The base of the lozenge narrows to form the hook is missing. The face of the object is decorated with a ring and dot motif. The reverse is undecorated. The object has a dark green / brown patina. Dimensions: Length 15.44mm; width 12.75mm; thickness 0.54mm; weight 0.46g The form of this dress hook d…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B84037
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval cast copper-alloy dress hook of Read class A, type 8. dating to c.1500-1650. The fastener is sub-oval in plan with an attachment apperture at one end and two more at the opposite end, either side of a protruding arm that forms the hook, that terminates in an old break with the tip now missing. There are rectangular protruding lugs on either side There is decoration on the face in the form of a foliate moulded design in the centre surrounded by two oval incised lines. The reverse is plain and flat and the surface has a patchy geen patina. Measurements:…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-B2FB71
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gilt cast silver dress fastener (eye) of post-medieval date (c.1550-1600). Description: The body of the piece is sub-triangular with one sewing loop each side towards the bottom. A larger loop is formed at the top, in the centre, emerging from an integrally cast horizontal bar that extends further than the width of the body. This loop is 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 a recessed cinquefoil with raised edges within a raised circular border. Smaller circles flank this…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brookland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-4D9D70
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy clothes fastener dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is made in openwork style in the form of knotwork forming three loops, with a bar attached to the finials of the knots. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated, while the obverse is decorated in moulded relief in the form of ropes/string with rose shaped finials. This fastener is 16.03mm in length and 15.97 mm in width; and 2.13 grams in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-A4D497
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy oval dress fastener of Read 2008, single blunt-hooked clasp Class A, Type 8, with part of the hook missing. Details of the counter-relief scrolled ornament are very similar to those of LEIC-FD9814. Extant length 34.9mm. Width 20.2mm. Thickness 1.7mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 16th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
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Record ID: IOW-BD1BF3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy dress fastener. This is the decorated head of a dress hook, with two eyes at the top and a single eye at the base of the object. The shaft that would have formed the hook has snapped off.
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-188918
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval silver dress fastener dating to AD 1500 - 1600. The fastener is of Read (2008) Class B, Type 3. The surviving incomplete component is the eye part of the clasp, formed in two parts. The plate is triangular with a decorated dome centre, two of the corners are missing. The central dome is hollow at the rear, the front is decorated with a central raised circular pellet, surrounded by four filigree twisted wire circles encased within a larger filigree wire circle at the base of the dome. In each corner of the triangular plate is a twisted filigree wire circle, …
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-035509
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dress fastener of the post medieval period, c. AD 1550-1700. Only the plate and loop survive, the pin and hook are missing. The plate is triangular in shape, with a pinked border, and the flattened loop has now pressed backwards through the plate, creating rectangular apertures. The same post depositional phenomenon is probably responsible for the further rectangular aperture at the base, where the hook would have been attached. A further small aperture may be from a further plate with a decorative design, as in DEV-8DB122. There is gilding surviving o…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tawstock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8A2DF9
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible dress fastener with corrosion from deposition. This object has two concave terminals, one round in shape and the other diamond in shape, separated by a bent shaft with a D-shape profile. There does not appear to be any decoration or gilding on this object. See NMGW-7ECFB8 for a similar, better preserved example.
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.