Record ID: BM-24C88E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
This is a puzzling piece which has some similarity with 16th century dress fittings, but does not correspond precisely with examples so far recorded in that it is very thin and lightweight. It has a heart‑shaped stamp on the back which may possibly be a maker's mark, but is not one that we have been able to identify. It also has some affinity with traditional ornaments from Continental Europe.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C4FC91
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman dress fastener, which resembles a button-and-loop fastener, but with an integral disc-headed rivet rather than a loop. It has a damaged oval plate and an angled projecting 'button' at one end. It measures 9 x 21mm and probably dates from the 1st century AD.
Created on: Monday 18th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Emneth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D9EE34
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Dress fastener: rectangular sheet clasp with recessed hook at both ends, decoration comprises three incised lines on the back of both hooks and bordering and transverse lines on back of plate and bordering lines containing zig-zag of fine rocker arm on front of plate, 31 x 11mm.
Created on: Friday 19th May 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whissonsett', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-1F3936
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 16th - 17th Century. Copper alloy, cast, damaged, ornate clothes fastener eyelet. Length 33.1mm, Width 18.4mm, Thickness 4.8mm, Weight 5.8g. Clothes fastener, minus the rectangular loop used to accept a hook from opposing hooked fastener, there are two remaining small, circular attachment loops but minus the third similar terminal loop. Slightly convex with a moulded scallop shape design and remains of some silvering and surface corrosion. Ref. Detector Finds by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, Page 29-33 No. 34 and History Beneath Our Feet by Brian Read, Anglia Publish…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-307B50
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One of a pair of post medieval strap fittings which comprise a hook and a loop. This fitting is undecorated and of oval form with three projecting lobes each of which is pierced by a rivet hole. The rectangular loop is broken. The fitting has a white metal surface coating.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-319AB5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval tin alloy dress fastener. The shape resembles two inward facing 'S' letters which form an openwork heart. Each 'S' has a flattened discoidal knob on its outer side. There is a rectangular loop at one of the shorter ends and two circular attachment loops on the reverse of the object.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-49E8B3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy clothes fastener, dating to the early Post-Medieval period. The fastener comprises an elongated flat semi-circular plate with a perforated lug at the apex and two further for perforated lugs on each side. At the base is a rectangular attachment loop. The upper surface of the plate is tinned and decorated with marginal rows of circular stamps and two rows of larger stamped circles flanking two longitudinal grooves. The fastener has a length of 41mm and a width of 24mm. This is a Read, B. Early Post-Medieval Blunt-Hooked and Eye Clasp, Class A, type 4. See Read, B. Hoo…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1AAAC4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval dress fastener, oval eyelet plate with heart-shaped loop at one end and three projecting attachment-loops around outer edge, 16 x 38mm. Cf. similar type in Read (1995) nos.771-2. 16th-17th century.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Emneth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-4B60B1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress hook fastener with openwork decoration consisting of three fleurets surrounding central six-pointed star, encompassed by a twisted, rope-like border. Within this border are two knops, one at each end of the rectangular fastening loop above, where it meets the border. The aperture would have been used to attach the dress hook to a loop of fabric, looped around the bar, or the bar could have been directly sewn onto the material. Bailey (2004) illustrates similar examples on page 95, Figs.12.9 & 12.10, which are dated from the 16th to the 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-55B824
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval enamelled dress fastener, corroded oval plate decorated with a mask in relief within radiating foils and tendrils dividing cells of pale green, black and white enamel, broken projection for missing flat-sectioned hook between two broken perforated lugs at lower end, projecting perforated lug (one broken) on both sides and rectangular loop at apex, >24 x >39mm. Cf. similar, un-enamelled, type in Read (1995) nos.771-2. 16th-17th century.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-578FB0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval hooked fastener, very corroded oval plate with grooved transverse projections at both ends, one with remains of broken loop in the same plane and broken remains of flat-sectioned hook at the other, 17 x >48mm. cf. possible related types in Read (1995) nos.771-2. 16th-17th century.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-BFC033
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hook part of a two-part cast copper alloy dress fastener of Post-medieval, seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). The fastener is flat and largely sub-oval in plan with an integral hook at one end separated from the main plate by slightly widened collar. The hook is formed of a flat rectangular strip with a rounded end, bent forwards and back on itself 180 degrees. At the end opposite the hook, and in the centre of each side, there are integral perforated knops each with a slight knop on the outer edge, now worn. The front of the plate is plain but a small area of white metal c…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-007411
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dress fastener hook piece of post-medieval date. The fastener measures 33.6mm by 16.8mm by 2.2mm and weighs 4g. It has an teardrop-shaped plate with a trapezoidal loop at one end. At the other end there is a small projecting circular loop and there are two further circular loops on each side of the plate, adjacent to the trapezoidal hook. The small holes may have been used for attachment to cloth. The front of the plate has a bevelled edge and traces of silvering or tinning.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-43AD56
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy hasp and clasp fastener of probable 17th century AD date (G. Bailey; 2004; pp. 100). The plate is sub-oval in plan and has three projecting perforated lobes, one at the top and one on each side. The uppermost lobe is incomplete, whilst the other two have small, rounded projections on the ends. A moulded horizontal collar separates the plate from the incomplete hook section. The object is badly corroded. It measures 34.8mm long, 28.3mm wide and 4mm thick. The weight is 5.35g.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1026A3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dress fastener of probable seventeenth century date. The flat oval hook-piece measures 36.5mm by 22mm by 2.3mm and weighs 5.9g. At one end is the stub of the flat hook, which has a smaller circular attachment loop on each side. In the centre of each side there is a rounded knop. At the other end there is a further small circular attachment loop which has a slight rounded knop to each side. The front of the plate has moulded decoration in the form of two concentric linear borders which contain an unclear motif. There are traces of tinning or silvering on the front. T…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-14AB84
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dress fastener hook-piece of probable seventeenth century date. The fastener measures 36.3mm by 15.8mm by 2.6mm and weighs 3.2g. It has an oval plate with a trapezoidal loop at one end. At the other end there is a small incomplete projecting circular loop and there were originally two further circular loops on each side of the plate adjacent to the trapezoidal hook, although one of these is incomplete. The small holes may have been used for attachment to cloth. The front of the plate has faint moulded floriate decoration and the back in slightly concave.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-64F2B4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval wire hooked fastener, bent and flattened single strand of wire doubled to form hook with two looped ends for attachment, 13 x 22mm. Cf. Margeson (1993) fig.10, no.90.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Litcham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-650177
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Post Medieval wire hooked fastener, bent and flattened single strand of wire originally doubled to form hook with one of originally two looped ends for attachment, >10 x 19mm. Cf. Margeson (1993) fig.10, no.90.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Litcham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5D8137
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval openwork object, apparently the same form and size as Read 2001 no. 357, a possible dress fastener. The hook is missing. Two attachment holes, one nearest hook filled with remains of iron rivet. Width 16.5mm. Height 29mm. Thickness 1.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Acre', grid reference and parish protected.