Record ID: LEIC-329EF6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano british copper alloy dress fastener, 24mm long, 17mm wide and 8mm thick. It is ovoid in shape and has a circular protrusion on top with a groove around the outside. Part of the edge is damaged.
Created on: Friday 5th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-9E6744
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy blunt-hooked dress fastener, 34mm long, 16mm wide and 3mm thick. It consists of a domed plate in the shape of a scallop shell, decorated with incised radiating lines. From this projects a rectangular shaft with a rounded end whihc has been made into a forward-facing hook. To either side of the junction between the plate and the hook is a small circular attachment loop; a third projecting loop, at the top of the shell, contains a copper-alloy rivet. The whole object is worn and it is possible there was a design in the centre of the shell which is now worn awa…
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-75F292
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silvered copper alloy clothes fastener, 27mm long, 22mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a silvered patina and weighs 3.35grams. The object is sub triangular in form and is decorated with incised foliate decoration surrounded by a border of circles. It has the clear remains of two pierced lobes at each side (there should be a third at the top) which would have secured it to clothing. The object is also missing either a rectangular slot or a hook at its base. The reverse is plain.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-C51EF7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy dress fastener, 35mm long, 25mm wide and 1.5mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 4.49grams. It consists of a sub rectangular plate with three slightly protruding circular fixing holes. The surface is decorated with incised decoration which is worn. The reverse is plain.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-FD9814
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy dress fastener, 37mm long, 20mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 4.32grams. The fastener is oval in form and rectangular in section. It has a trapezoidal loop at one end which would attach to a hook on a similar fastener. Either side of this is a small circular fixing loop, with a further one centrally placed at the far end. The oval is decorated with a rasied foliate pattern in a rope like border and at each side it has two small curled protrusions. Class A, Type 8. B Read, 2008, Pg. 176, No. 665.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-B1DE87
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy toggle, The object consists of a solid pointed oval form with a circular section. This is attached to a circular sectioned shaft with a double looped terminal. It is 24mm long, 19mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 7.76 grams. No similar exmples have been found in datable contexts yet.
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-92D060
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval? copper alloy dress fastener, 30mm long, 17mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.35grams. It consists of a piece of circular sectioned wire which has been curled to form two spirals with a protruding loop inbetween. This may be the eye component of a hook and eye fastener and is probably Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Loughborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-74A7A0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy hooked tag, 36mm long and 17mm wide. The object is in good condition with a dark green patina and weighs 2.09 grams. The object consists of a protruding rectangular 'loop' which sits above a circular plate. This plate has a border of protruding circular knops which contain a raised cross with a central circular knop. There are four drilled circular holes in each quarter. At the base there is a circular sectioned hook which is C. 15mm long.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 8th April 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-5A6866
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy clothes fastener, 30mm long, 21mm wide and 2mm thick. the object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 5.33grams. The object has no visible decoration and is roughly oval(or acorn shaped) in form with a rectangular shaped loop at one of its narrower ends. Below this are traces of protruding shafts which may have been fixing loops.
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-5AB935
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy and silver dress fastener, 38mm long and 29mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a greenish patina. It consists of an oval plate which has one end cropped to accomodate a rectangular suspension loop, 13mm wide, which is seperated from the main body by a raised collar. At the opposite end and at the centre of each of its curved sides, there is an oval protrusion which has a circular hole drilled into it. The surface has traces of silvering on both sides and the reverse is completly flat. B Read, 2008, pg.170, No. 635.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 27th March 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-5A2746
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy dress fastener, 37mm long and 15mm wide. The object is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 4.72 grams. The object consists of an oval domed central section, 4mm deep, which has a rivet? loop at its widest end. The other end has an elongated neck which has two more loops at its base. This neck is 9mm long and 6mm wide and it bends outwards slightly where it has snapped off.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-C3F6D8
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tudor copper alloy clothes fastener, 38 mm long and 20 mm wide.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-884592
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy incomplete openwork hooked dress fastener. It cosists of two adjoining circular loops with evidence of a break to one side of the centre, where further loops presumably attached. At the other side a short strip is all that remains of the hoop. An example in Read (2008, p.111, no.446) suggests that originally there would have had a further two adjoining circular loops, creating an openwork design, followed by a sub-rectangular attachment loop at the other end. Read (ibid. p.87) suggests an early Post Medieval date for hooked clasps of this style. Length:…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-C74BF2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener (c. 1600-c. 1700 AD). This is one of two similar objects that would have been used together to join straps or clothing. The other object would have terminated with a hook. The clasp is mainly oval in plan and has a perforated knop, centrally placed, at the attachment end, with smaller knops either side. There are two smaller solid knops mid-way along the length of the fitting, one at each side, with two pierced attachment holes adjacent to each of these knops. At the opposite end there are the attachments for a central sub-r…
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2013
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-964C87
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy dress fastener, 43mm long, 30mm wide and 2mm thck with a weight of 5.41grams. The object is one half of a 'hook and eye' fastener and represents the hook portion. It consists of a sub triangular flat plate which has three protruding triangles containing circular sewing holes, arranged at cardinal points. The plate is decorated with a fluer like inscribed motif which has traces of silvering/tinning present. The object is completed by a rectangular plate emerging from the base of the triangular plate, which would be folded to form the hook. The item matche…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-3269C6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post Medieval copper alloy dress fastener, 33mm long, 14mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 8.10grams. The object is complete and in fair condition and is rectangular in form and semi circular in cross section. It is hollow and has a circular sectioned tapering hook attached at one end, which folds over the flat reverse. The upper rounded surface is decorated with a raised lattice work pattern which is bordered top and bottom by two raised horizontal lines. The reverse has a rectangular hole centred at the opposite end to the hook. The object matches Brian Re…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-8333A5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Post-Medieval hooked tag of Read's Class E Type 3 (Read, 2008, p.92, no. 325). It is badly worn and is missing most of its rectangular sewing lug at the top. The plate is circular in form with a hollow-domed boss which bears a forward facing bust possibly wearing a wreath or turban, arranged so the face points slightly towards the integral hook, which is circular in section and gradually tapers to the curved tip. The object measures 31mm in length, 12mm in width, 3mm in thickness, and 2g in weight. See also SF-DC02A3.
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th September 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-A9EC46
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy post-medieval hooked dress fastener. It is sub-circular in form with a v-shape in the centre, a sub-retangular loop at the top and hoop decending from the bottom. It is very worn and corroded, with damage to the hook. It belongs to Read's (2008, 90, no.311) Class E Type 2, which is 16th century in date. Length: 27.0mm, width: 13.5mm, thickness: 1.75mm, weight: 1.13g
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shangton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BD9F6E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval? copper alloy dress fastener, possibly clothing or clogs? 32mm long, 27mm wide and 1mm thick, with a weight of 4.26 grams. The object consists of flat sub rectangular, angular plate which has a row of pressed (repousse) domes in a line near its centre. Above this, in a trapezoidal section, is arectangular opening centrally placed. Below the object is triangular and has a small circular fixing hole near its apex.
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leics', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BC1DDF
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy dress clasp, 38mm long, 24mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 5.30grams. The object is lozengiform and has slightly flattened corners to accomodate a rectangular clasp (now damaged) and corresponding circular fixing loops at each side, on one end and a circular fixing loop on the opposite edge. The main plate has a raised border with two small rounded projections at each point and a further two flanking the single fixing loop at the end. This is decorated witha central raised semi-sphere with a circular depression in its centre. This is flanked by …
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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