Record ID: DOR-BAD975
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver gilt dress hook with filigree decoration. A trefoil plate with a pinked outer edge. On each lobe is a dome, two of which retain filigree decoration comprising three wire circles set around a small dome-headed pin. At the centre, between the domes, is a separately applied wide-headed pin which is attached with a butterfly fastening visible at the back of the plate. There are traces of solder on the rear of the plate for the attachment of the missing pointed hook. At the top of the rear of the plate is a horizontal offset attachment bar. The surfaces retain traces of…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimborne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A75094
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt dress hook. The plate is in the form of two leaves forming a V shape and terminating in a short neck with a raised collar and a tri-lobed expansion at the end. Behind the plate is a rectangular strip metal loop across the width.This and the hook have been soldered to the decorative plate. The hook is ciscular in cross section and tapers to a sharp point. The hook is bent backwards and upwards to form a U-shape. Date: Post Medieval - 16th century Dimensions: 23.72 mm x 14.44 mm x 11.23 mm Weight: 2.29 g
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape with Thorp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-9D6C65
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver gilt dress fastener. Probably the catch piece from a hook and eye fastening. The plate of the fastener is curvilinear in outline. On the front the central element decorated in relief with a cherub head with outstretched wings flanking it. The head projects forward from the plate. It is slightly tilted and turned so that it is looking right and has stylised facial features comprising eyes, nose and mouth. The hair surrounds the upper part of the face and is has recesses and raised elements to indicate waves or curls. The wigs are decorated with rows of regular sha…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

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: DOR-D9FC44
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver dress fastener of Tudor date. A traingular plate with scalloped edges and cast decoration on the front. There are raised circular knops at the corners and at the mid-point of each side. Flanking each of the corners corner are two recessed loop-like elements. At the centre of the plate is a raised heart framed by a triangular rope border. The top of the haert is parallel to one of the edges so that the orientation of the triangular plate is point downwards. The back is undecorated but retains patches of solder from the attachment of missing hook and other elements.…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.