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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-886844
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver-gilt dress fastener or dress hook. The plate of the dress fastener is trifoliate in plan with a circular protruding boss in the centre of each lobe. Each boss is encircled by rope-like filigree decoration and projecting knops. Originally at the centre of the fastener, between the three bosses, would have been another element; probably a form of flower head projection which has since been lost. A small fragment of the pin / clip which held it in place has survived (but is loose / detached from the fastener). The outer edge of the back plate is decorated…
Created on: Monday 12th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lilleshall', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-2F66D7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
FINDS LIAISON'S REPORT Silver gilt hooked tag dating to c.1450-1550 AD. Description Central plate from a Post Medieval hooked tag missing the attachment loop and hook. The remaining part is a sub-circular plate with a plain, flat back and convex, cast decoration on the front. The front is shaped into a central heart surrounded by a garland with five cinquefoils on it. Five circular holes in the recessed area between the heart and the wreath create an openwork appearance. The hook and loop are missing and there appear to be old breaks at the left and right corners on …
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NMS-922183
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt eye plate from clothing. Triangular plate with trefoil at each corner and a circular loop in the centre of each edge, one of which is larger than the others. There is a central boss, hollow on the reverse, decorated with a central pellet, three filigree circles and surrounded by a circle of filigree. There is a further filigree circle in each corner of the plate, and the edge of the plate is bordered with twisted wire. One of the edge loops is broken and the plate is bent and cracked. Similar to dress hooks in Gaimster et al (2002). 16th century. Measuring 20 x 18.5mm. 1.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-5F8906
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy toggle dating from the Post-Medieval period. The object consists of body which is pointed oval in plan and sub-circular in section, attached on one side to a transverse, straight stem which terminates in a double loop, presumably for attachment. The stem in sub-oval in section. The surface of the object has a brown slightly pitted surface with some areas of green corrosion product visible. Very similar items have been recorded on the PAS database (e.g. see records WMID-905A14, WMID-8B2C03). Mass: 7.5g; length: 25.3mm; width: 22.4mm; thickness: 7.7mm. These have …
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: DOR-B85D80
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A late Medieval dress fitting, lozenge-shaped, with a sphere attached to each corner and a central collet set with a pale pink stone. Two of the corners have been bent out of shape. The surface is decorated with roughly incised lines and the edges are serrated. On the reverse are the remains of two stitching bars. The dress fitting is silver-gilt apart from the spheres, which are plain silver and possibly intended to simulate pearls. The object dates from the late fifteenth century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-D53724
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy double-looped dress fastener. The fastener is pointed oval in plan and circular in section; a rectangular-sectioned (with narrow sides curved) shank projects from the centre and terminates in two circular loops, one of each side of the stem. Length 24.32mm, width across pestle head18.64mm, thickness of pestle head 7.97mm, width across loops 15.6mm, thickness across loops 3.42mm, width & thickness of shank 4.5mm x 3.7mm, weight 7.40g. Several other examples are recorded on the PAS database including KENT-23B3B2 (Kent), WMID-905A14 (Staffs), WMID-5F8906 (Staff…
Created on: Friday 15th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 22nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radcliffe on Trent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-7094C4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dress fitting, oval with a rectangular loop at one end and a kidney shaped protrusion to each side. Either side of the loop, and at the distal end, are small loops for sewing the fitting onto a garment. The main field is inlaid with enamel, the design now difficult to interpret but appears to have consisted of round sided triangles separated by bands of undecorated metal. The main colour was pale blue but two oval fields may have contained green enamel which is more degraded than the blue. Around the main panel is a band inlaid with what appears to have been white enamel, traces of whi…
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brailes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-50E7F7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A 16th century silver gilt-dress accessory with three recurving hooks with tapering points, and a fourth hook at the top, which recurves to the front of the item to form a loop, perhaps to act as a suspension loop. The body of the item is circular with seven knops around the circumference. Attached to the centre is a sheet silver disc, cut to resemble petals which are reminiscent of a daisy (S. Brown, pers comm). The disc is secured by a central hemispherical silver-gilt rivet, which itself resembles the eye of a daisy. An illustration of a daisy depicted in a similar way can be seen …
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-F4A941
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval Dress Fastener from Hereford Area Herefordshire Description: A composite cast silver alloy dress fitting. The fitting is broadly sub-triangular in plan with a number of integrally cast loops. In profile it is broadly D shaped. The front face is highly decorated with three cast domed bosses contained within a raised plain triangular border that echoes the overall shape of the plate. The external edge of each dome is decorated with a loop of applied twisted silver wire. Outside the internal triangular border are further decorated elements. On the two long edges a ser…
Created on: Monday 20th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hereford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3A996D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold hook element from a dress fastener, of composite construction, consisting of a hook (now incomplete) and an applied plate made from several elements. The applied plate is built up on a backplate made from a piece of circular sheet gold about 7mm in diameter. This has a vertical gold sheet collar soldered around the edge, which may originally have held a setting of glass, gemstone, etc. Around the collar is a separate outer frame of circular-section gold wire about 1.5mm in diameter, which has fine transverse grooves all the way round its surface. A butt joint i…
Created on: Monday 24th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 20th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-C18041
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy toggle, of Post-Medieval date. The object has an ovoid body with pointed ends. From the long side of the ovoid projects an integral shaft with a flattened double loop terminal. One of the loops is now broken. The object is undecorated; it is covered in a thick dark green patina but file marks are visible on all three parts. The patina has worn off on part of the shaft revealing a brass coloured alloy core. The object measures 25.8mm (length) x 23.0mm (width) x 8.0mm (thickness) and weighs 7.22g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-832518
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Number: 2011 T253 Colchester District, Esse: Dress fitting Date of Discovery: 13/4/11 Circumstances of discovery: whilst metal detecting Period: 16th century Description: post-medieval silver dress fitting cast in one plane. It is sub-triangular in shape. At the top end there is a rectangular loop. The two closest angles to this have one loop each radiating from them. The furthest angle has three loops radiating from it. The centre is raised with a heart shaped design. The reverse is plain, following the contours of the heart shaped design on the front. Dimensions:…
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BB8B02
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt, cast, 'eye' section forming one half a post-medieval 'hooked-clasp and eye' fitting. Possibly in the form of two birds with their backs to each other. One large attachment loop at the base and one smaller one in between the two heads. In the centre, between the birds, are four circular holes, possibly for the purpose of attaching the eye to the garment. Chased and gilded on the reverse Janina Parol Assistant Treasure Registrar British Museum
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Medlar with Wesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-674821
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast, copper alloy toggle dating from the post-Medieval period, 1600-1800 AD. It consists of a rounded body in the shape of a pointed oval, from one side of which extends a short, circular shaft ending in a pair of rings positioned side by side. The toggle has a patchy, dark green patina. It is 26.9mm long, 22.7mm wide and 8.2mm thick. It weighs 8.68gm. There are many examples on the PAS Database; DENO-D53724 lists many others. The patchy patina of this example would seem to support it being a toggle to fasten clothing.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0BDF37
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A silver dress fastener; the hook piece from a hook and eye catch. It is in the form of an acorn with a cross hatched cup and a smooth acorn. The flat hook projects from the base of the cup and bends backwards in a U shape. There are three circular sewing loops; one at the apex of the acorn, and one on each side of the hook. The front is moulded and the reverse is concave. There is a maker's mark stamped on the reverse. It is in the form of a fleur de lis. An incomplete cast silver dress fastener hook-piece of post-medieval date. The fastener, which is in the shape of an acorn, m…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirk Smeaton', 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.