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: 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: SOM-2CFBF2
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 catch-piece measures 34.6mm by 27.3mm by 1.4mm and weighs 4g. At one end is rectangular loop. At the opposite end and part way along each side there is a small attachment loop. All three are circular with projecting external knops. The front of the plate is decorated with a stamped floriate motif. The catch-piece would have had a corresponding hook-piece.
Created on: Monday 27th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Curry Rivel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9C25A6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2010 T399: Acquired by Museum of Somerset. Silver-gilt cast dress fastener, dome shaped with rope twist edging. Along the inside of the edging are five evenly spaced bosses with rope twist edging, each making contact. In the space left on the outside of these bosses is a triangular design of three smaller knops; two knops by the outer rope twist and the third completing the triangle. Slightly off-centre of the dome is a small knop. A small circular suspension loop, attached to the reverse, is visible. The reverse is slightly concave with four visible hollow boss shap…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lopen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-17AD71
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy wire dress fastener of probable post-medieval date. The incomplete fastener measures 43.9mm by 18.7mm by 2.6mm and weighs 3.9g. The fastener is made up from several pieces of wire, the ends of which have been twisted into spirals and which are held together with a central plate of narrow wire which has been wound around the other elements and then squashed flat. Two of the spirals have broken off. At one end there is a wire hook, which is folded back towards the plate. Adjacent to this there are two projecting wires which are curved rather than spiralled. A similarly co…
Created on: Monday 19th May 2008
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-94EBC5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dress fastener catch-piece of post-medieval date. The fastener, which is in the shape of an acorn, measures 33.5mm by 21.4mm by 3.3mm and weighs 4.3g. It has a convex front and concave back. At the cup end there is a square loop and adjacent to this there are two smaller round attachment loops, one of which is broken. There is a further small broken attachment loop at the opposite end.
Created on: Friday 6th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8D2618
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dress fastener or clasp of late medieval to early post-medieval date. The fastener measures 19.8mm by 14.6mm by 2.4mm and weighs 1.2g. It consists of a lozenge-shaped plate which is riveted to an incomplete double-ended hook. The front is decorated with several linears made up from small incised holes: a central vertical with three diagonals on each side. Similar double-hooked fasteners can be seen in 'Norwich Households' (1993, pp. 18-9, no. 81) and in 'Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast' (2008, pp. 216 and 218, no. 3038).
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Curry Rivel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-46E2D4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Post-Medieval copper alloy hooked dress fastener. The object is simply constructed from sheet metal. It is sub-circular in shape with a slightly convex outer face and concave reverse, and has a sub-triangular loop attached to the outer edge. A hook would have originally extended from the opposite edge, but this is now missing. The outer face of the circular plate has a slightly raised rim around the edge, containing within it a raised design that is now impossible to make out in any detail. Similar fasteners in Read (2008, 91-96) show a variety of human faces an…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E94651
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy enamelled fastener. The fastener has a roughly lozenge shaped plate which thins to a point at the top where there is a projecting bar. One face is decorated with small light green and white triangles surrounding a central raised oval. Much of the enamelling is missing and the metal is in poor condition. Probably of c. 17th century in date and belonging to the group of 'Stuart enamels'. Length: 33.56mm, Width: 16.58mm, Thickness: 2.09mm Weight: 2.57g
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-454FE7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern silver dress hook. Treasure Case 2009 T560. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum, provided the following report: Silver(?) heart-shaped hook with impressed design of a flower and two holes for attachment. Design and facture indicate a modern date, probably early 20th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D72A5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case: 2009T635. Acquired by The Museum of Somerset. Silver dress fitting comprising a domed circle of silver, with design of three knops surrounded by raised filigree ropetwists and smaller knops within ropetwist border. On the back, a single hook made out of doubled twisted wire, terminating in two attachment loops, had been soldered on. This is a puzzling dress fitting and represents a new type. It is reasonably close in design to other flat hooks reported through the Treasure Act, including one with a fleur-de-lis with a similar hook made of doubled silver wire on the re…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7AFA92
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
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 rectangular hook at one end separated from the main plate by slightly widened collar, the curved end of the hook is now missing to old breaks. At the end opposite the hook, and at the centre of each side, there are integral perforated projecting knops. These holes were used to sew the plate on to a garment. The one opposite the hook is now missing due to an old break. The front of the plate is hidden…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-67D422
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Loop/eye part of a two part cast copper alloy dress fastener of Post-Medieval, 17th century date (AD 1600-1700). The fastener is flat and largely pointed oval in plan with an integral rectangular loop at one end of the main plate and a grooved ornamental knop at the other, reminiscent of a scallop shell. Flanking the beginnings of the ornamental knop is an integral perforated knop to each side. Two further attachment knops protrude from the widest part of the plate, giving a total of four such loops. The front of the plate is decorated with a moulded human facing bust with clusters of…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-FDD898
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2015 T218: Disclaimed, returned to finder A complete post medieval silver-gilt eye piece from a hook and eye fastener. The body of the piece is broadly heart shaped with one sewing loop each side of the point, and a larger loop in the centre at the top where the hook from the other part of the fastener would have been inserted. One sewing loop is complete, the other missing to a break. The centre of the piece is openwork with the outer edges of the heart made of probably foliate branches. Down the centre of the heart is a design reminiscent of an urn, baluster …
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-141A7D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy post-medieval dress fastener with a large circular central plate. This is the eye section of a hook and eye fastener, with a rectangular loop for the eye extended to one side of the plate. The circular plate is slightly convex and moulded in low relief on the front with a central six-petalled flower and a narrow border at the edge. Around the flower are four mouldings in the form of pairs of curled lines that start on the outer border of the circle and curve away form each other as they go towards the centre. There are holes between the pairs, curls and edge and cu…
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B2B47E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper alloy dress fastener, dating to the period c. AD 1500-1750. The dress fastener consists of a rectangular attchment loop, flanked by two smaller circular attachment knops at each of its inner corners. The plate expands to a sub-lozenge form with a knop at its angle, although it has a worn break running digonally across its centre and so the opposite angle and the base are missing. Decoration consists of two petals from a four petalled flower. These petals are separated by a sepal. Decoration is in moulded relief, and there is a red-brown patina on the…
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muchelney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5C9232
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Post-Medieval dress fastener of Read's Class A Type 10, dating to the period AD 1650-1700. The plate of the dress fastener is sub-lozenge in shape, with an attachment loop flanked by two knops at its distal terminal. There are two sets of two knops situated at the apex of each longitudinal side. The plate narrows to the neck where there is an attachment knop to each side. The neck continues to narrow into the hook, which is flat and bends back onto itself. There are traces of moulded decoration on the plate, but their pattern is indiscernable. The reverse is un…
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-15738F
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy dress fastener, of Read's Class A Type 11, dating to the period c.AD 1500-1700. The fastener consists of a moulded openwork rectangle which is bent slightly backwards. This narrows to the neck, before flaring out to a knop at each side. Placed centrally between these knops is a moulded openwork lozenge, flanked by two small circular apertures. The frame of the body consists of a moulded openwork heart, the central indentation of which forms the lower two sides of the lozenge. An inverted trefoil expands from the lower point of the lozenge into the…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1C7AD9
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy dress fastener of Read's Class F, Type 1, dating to the period c. AD 1500-1700. The dress fastener has a T shaped terminal, and the vertical line of the T expands to a moulded transverse collar, below which is an openwork heart. A rounded knop projects outwards from each side two thirds of the way along the heart. The fastener narrows at the base of the heart before expanding out to a wide collar, the terminals of which curve slightly upwards. A moulded groove is present just below the collar, and the fastener narrows to the hook. This starts t…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.