Record ID: YORYM-9BD3B3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy strap fitting or dress fastener. The object consists of an oval plate with a rectangular bent projection for attachment (now broken). There are loops on both sides of the bent projection and one on the point, on the opposite end. The plate itself has been decoratively stamped and features a floral design. The surface is mid greenish-brown in colour. The reverse is undecorated. This fitting probably dates to the 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Friday 25th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F26196
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Tudor dress hook. The item is almost heart shaped in outline. There is a double curved top and tapering sides which widen slightly before turning inwards forming two shoulders, terminating with a narrow projection. Shown centre in image.
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 14th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-184BB6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval dress hook. The is one rosette on either side of a rectangular openwork body. The body also has three cojoined ropework forms. There is some moulding at the junction between the hook and the body. Length 32mm, width 20mm, thickness 1.6mm. weight 2.68g.
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-56C857
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval (16th century) copper alloy clothes fastener with rectangular attachment frame. The body is circular with a cast heraldic rose in the centre. The hook is now broken. Dimensions: Length 34.4mm; width 14.2mm; weight 2.56g
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wantage', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-697D94
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy dress accessory being the looped fitting from a hooked tag of probable post medieval date (1600-1700). The plate of the hooked tag is broadly oval in plan with a series of projecting looped knops (some of which have been pierced) positioned evenly around the central plate. An integral rectangular loop (which has broken) is present at one end. This loop (female) would have taken the opposite hook (male) fitting and acted as a closing device on a cloak or dress. The fitting measures 39.3mm in length, 21.9mm in width, is a maximum of 1.9mm thick, and weighs 6 grams. T…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7E0907
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval double-hooked dress fastener, part of one integral hook missing. The plate with elaborately shaped sides and edges is decorated in counter-relief with scrolls and foliar motifs around a frame enclosing an inscription, MARIA, probably a reference to the Virgin. Plate 45.5 x 25.5mm. Overall length estimated at 66mm. Thickness 1.8mm. This is much more elaborate than fasteners found in Norwich (Norwich Households fig.9), and more akin to an example from Amsterdam (Baart et al. 1977 cat. no.160. 16th century
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-3B22C3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy dress hook, 16-17th century, similar in style to Read (2008; pg 172, 646) early post medieval blunt-hooked and eye clasp Class A, Type 2. Rectangular loop is broken off. Sub-triangular in shape with three circular attachment loops, one at each corner. Running longitudinally down the centre of the obverse are 8 short transverse raised ridges with foliate decoration around. Traces of tinning/silvering on the obverse & possibly the reverse. Weight 4.7mm, length 33.9mm and width 21.6mm-7.3mm. Similar to WILT-BA0526.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2007
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-EDB4F4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete sheet copper alloy clasp fastener, pressed with a pattern of foliage. The eye for the hook is broken and open and the side attachments are also incomplete, but the two loops, one on each side of the eye, are still intact. These loops would have allowed the fastener to be stitched onto the item of clothing. Bailey (2004) illustrates a very similar example with the same pattern of foliage on page 100, Fig.2.43, which is dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Sunday 1st April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-4F0C11
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hook fastener. The object is ovoid with a rectangular hole. There are two circular perforations at the outside base of this rectangular projection. On the opposite side of the oval is another eye. The decoration consists of alternate moulded and segmented lines with a central design of spirals to either side of an indeterminate description. There are double spiral-decorated knops in the centre of the two long sides.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-E2F672
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eye section of a two-part post medieval copper-alloy dress fastener. The plate is egg shaped with a broad rounded outer end narrowing to a rounded base by the loop. It is shallowly convex. The reverse is plain and recessed. At the top of the outer end is a circular attachment loop. A further pair are located one either side at the base. At the base there is a flat section formed of bifurcating strips with straight ends, from the outer corners of these extends the sides rectangular loop which ends in a straight but slightly damaged outer edge. A close parallel can be found illustrat…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2007
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E3FC95
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Loop 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 piriform (drop shaped) in plan with an integral loop at the wider end; the loop is broken on the outer edge and the inner edge curves down on each side to meet at a centre point, flanking this point the border on the main plate curls inwards, continuing the curves. At the widest point there are integral perforated knops, one each side, which would have been used to sew the clasp onto clothing, one is broken. The end opposite the loop is brok…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willingdon & Jevington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E07F07
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a copper-alloy hasp and clasp fastener of suggested 17th century AD date (G. Bailey; 2004; pp. 100). No exact parallel could be found for this piece, which represents the plate into which the hooked half of the device would have fitted. The plate takes the form of an elongated scallop shell, with a series of moulded ridges in its upper surface. A sub-rectangular frame extends from the top of the object and either side of this is a perforated lug. A third perforated lug extends from the centre point of the bottom edge. These three holes would have served as a means of attac…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-CB55B1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Post Medieval dress fastening. This component of a dress fastening is the ‘eye’ and not the ‘hook’. The body of the dress fastening is a sub-oval in plan with a straight terminal where originally a rectangular loop would have protruded, but is now missing. At the lower tip and either side there are three integral lugs with circular perforations, the lower one is incomplete. The outer surface is decorated with stamped annulets. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The surface of the dress hook has a matte grey coloured patina. The dress hook…
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 12th July 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1AAF82
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hooked clasp dating to the early Post-Medieval period, (1500-1600). The object has a rectangular attachment loop below which is another oval openwork loop. On each side of the object are three uneven knops. The hook curves backwards and is almost complete. The object has a mid green patina and is in good condition. The object conforms to Read’s Class E, Type 1 of rectangular/sub-rectangular sharp-hooked clasps. A similar example is no. 301, p89, Read, (2008).
Created on: Friday 23rd April 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Church Lawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-71E8E3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half, the hook part, of a 17th century cast copper alloy clothes fastener. The hook is a wide flat strip with a curved end bent forward 180 degrees, the tip of which is missing. The hook is attached to one end of an oval plate. The central area of the plate has a raised floral design within a triple line border. The hook is flanked by two circular attachment holes one on either sid and there is another single attachment hole at the opposite end, flanked by rounded knops. On either side of the widest part of the oval there are double flat knops. The front side shows the remains of …
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

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: SUSS-7EF084
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked plate. The plate is formed from a flat sheet of copper alloy. It is an elongated oval in shape with a circular attachment loop at one terminal. The hook at the other end has been straightened, and the tip has broken off; the break is worn. The oject is worn and has a mid reddish brown patina. It is post medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 25th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Patching', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A40506
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval fragment of dress fastener, incomplete pear-shaped plate decorated with large and small stamped annulets, stump of projecting attachment-loop on outer edge, >20 x >17mm. Cf. broadly similar types in Read (1995) nos.771-2. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-CF67B1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded, but 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 arm coming from its side which terminates in two small circular loops (set together like a figure of eight). The metal is red-brown in colour with overlying mid/dark green corrosion product. Such objects have been found all over the country and recorded on this database: see, for example, SF-6E4BF6. Generally, the arm has been found to be perpendicular to the main element.
Created on: Monday 8th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellow CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-25D3D4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete hooked dress fastener with a scalloped edge, probably a sexfoil, with three foils extant, each surmounted by a dome, probably attached with solder. Each dome is decorated with a central nipple within a cable-like filigree ring, five other similar rings and another around the base. The attachment loop is attached with solder on the reverse. The hook and about half of the plate, including the centre, in which there may have been a separate inserted element, are missing. Read 2008 Class D Type 10. 16th century.
Created on: Friday 12th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bodham', grid reference and parish protected.