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: KENT-2CA955
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
50BC-200AD. Iron Age, copper alloy, cast, broken and corroded 'toggle' or 'Button/loop' type dress fastener for fastening a cloak or similar clothing. Length 17.4mm, Width 11.6mm, Thickness 8.7mm, Weight 3.4g. Baluster type, minus both terminals and the circular or rectangular attachment loop. Broken and very corroded condition although some small fragments of a dark green patina. Ref. Buttons and Fasteners 500BC-AD1840, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2004.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-23B3B2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy dress fastener. The head is circular in section and oval is plan with pointed terminals; it is 18.6mm wide and 7.5mm thick in the centre. From the centre of the head projects a narrow stem which is oval in section. The stem terminates in two circular loops, one on each side of the stem. It is 22.1mm long, 18.5mm wide, 7.3mm thick and weighs 6.5 grams. Several similar examples have been recorded on the database, including WMID-905A14, SWYOR-131B66, HAMP-S40E35 and KENT-7B0A04.
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 22nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F7E482
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
16th Century. Early Post Medieval. Copper alloy, cast, complete, one-piece Class E, type 3, circular/sub-circular clothes hook fastener. Length 30.5mm, Width 16.4mm, Thickness 1.7mm, Weight 1.9g. Moulded relief and openwork, an equal armed cross with a central pellet within a linear circle, a beaded and engrailed edge. Rectangular strap attachment and there are the remains of black laquer on the surface. Slightly distorted central circular panel, otherwise dark brown patina. Rerf. Hooked-clasps & Eyes, brian read, Portculis Publishing 2008, page 99, No. 370.
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F56E44
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dress fastener.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-F990B3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress fitting, round, cast in one plane with large projecting loop and two smaller loops, one broken. At centre of the circle on the front is a male bust, wearing a cap, tunic and heavy chain in the manner of English court dress of c 1530-40, possibly intended to represent Henry VIII. Worn, gilded. 16th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2008
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe and Cliffe Woods', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-DECA91
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
16th Century. Copper alloy, cast, broken hooked clasp or fastener. Truncated Length 24.2mm, Width 21.2mm, Thickness 1.7mm, Weight 2.4g. Class A, type 8. One piece clasp/eye or fastener with moulded relief, oval panel bearing possible foliate or floriate within a beaded border. One of three remaining rounded attachment loops intact. Broken upper two thirds only with dark green patina but some surface corrosion possible surface silvering remaining on the back. Ref. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes, Brian Read, Portculis Publishing 2008, page 175-176 No. 663, 664 & 665.
Created on: Sunday 1st November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Record ID: KENT652
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver gilt 'looped' portion of a dress fastener, dating c.1500-1650. The item is sub-triangular in shape and is formed from a chubby head with wings or vegetativeelements sprouting from the crown of the head. Above the head between the sprouting elements is a large open loop, into which the hook part of the garment fastener would slide. From the lower sides of head are two smaller attachment loops, through which thread would pass to sew the fastener into a garment. These are formed from acanthus or other vegetative loops sprouting from the side of the head and looping dow…
Created on: Tuesday 29th September 1998
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT BRENZETT', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-55AFE7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tinned copper alloy dress fastener.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2006
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sholden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-169911
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tudor dress fastener. Openwork decoration. Rectangular strap loop. Hook
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-9578D3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dress fastener. Part of a two-piece fastener, possibly from the Tudor period. The complete fastener is 70.26mm long, 20.63mm wide, and weighs 4.75 grams. The other half of the fastener is record KENT-958B28
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-958B28
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dress fastener. Part of a two-piece fastener, possibly from the Tudor period. The complete fastener is 70.26mm long, 20.63mm wide, and weighs 4.75 grams. The other half of the fastener is record KENT-9578D3
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-993164
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval hooked fastener. Copper alloy.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-993912
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval hooked fastener. Copper alloy. Hook at both terminals. Rust-red patina.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-993E33
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval hooked fastener. Copper alloy. Rust-red patina.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-7B0A04
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy post-Medieval toggle. It has a circular cross-section but is pointed oval shape in plan. Cast integrally there is a flat-sectioned shank coming from its side which terminates in two small circular loops (set together like a figure of eight). The metal is red-brown.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-E63866
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
!7th Century Belt hanger
Created on: Monday 1st August 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: KENT-B08710
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval hooked fastener. Cast in copper alloy, this fastener now has a pale green patina. The retangular fastener has a row of three openwork circles surrounded by moulded decoration positioned just above the in tact hook. The rectangular loop has a rope work moulding along the attachment edge. The fastener is 29.27mm wide, 13.46mm thick and it weighs 1.6 grams.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT5048
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper alloy dress fastener, probably dating to the 16th century. This object is constructed from ?three lengths of copper-alloy of wire shaped and fastened together using a thinner gauge creating a wound wire accessory of a type known to date to the 16th century. One piece of the thicker gauge wire has been folded in half to form a hook at one end, with the two terminals originally curled into spirals at the other; one has been broken before the curls. This is flanked to each long side by another piece of thicker wire, both ends of which have been curled into spirals …
Created on: Monday 20th January 2003
Last updated: Friday 2nd October 2020
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Record ID: KENT-99C9F7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy clothing fastener.
Created on: Thursday 18th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.