Record ID: PUBLIC-0C23A7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy flat dress fastener with foliate decoration dating from the late 16th century or the 17th century. This is an eye section with its rectangular attachment end into which a blunt hook would fit, and a sub oval plate which originally had three attachment knops: two lateral, angled knops survive. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with engraved and punched lines and curves, mainly forming a spray of flowers. Some of the lines are intermittent and seem to be formed by rouletting. At the base, adjacent to the loop, are three upturned punched…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-8CE234
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
Hooked clasp or tag made from copper alloy wire. Body consists of four parallel strands of oval sectioned wires, 2.2 x 1.7mm, one end bent back to form a hook, the other scrolled around to form a central loop flanked by curls. The four wires are secured by a 25.0mm long band of wound wire 1.0 x 0.7mm . Read Class E Type 3 cf. No. 147.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-A72BF2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy fastener or toggle. The base is the shape of an elongated and slightly pointed oval and sub-oval in section. The base is connected to the stem, which is now bent but would have been straight during use, and terminates in a double loop. There are raised collars around the loops on both sides and the mold seam is still visible at the base. There is a dark green patina covering the entire object, and the base and stem show some wear on the surface. There are many similar objects recorded on the database: WMID-083DF2, SWYOR-674821, IOW-5B76A6, WMID-8B…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thanet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-941414
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver-gilt openwork 'eye' element of a two piece hooked clasp dating from the 16th-17th centuries AD. The body is made of a wreath of five flowers, each with a central pellet, and the wreath is around a heart. The pointed base of the heart joins the wreath and is located towards the centre of one of the flowers and on either side of the flower is an integral loop placed on the outer side of the wreath. The two busts of the heart are also joined to the wreath by two flowers, leaving a circular void between the top centre of the heart and the wreath. At this point on the…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3D99D3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
2012 T329 Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire I have examined an object found at Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. It a silver coin that has been converted into a brooch or clothes fastening by the addition of attachments to one side: a round eye that could enable it to be sewn to a garment and a hook. These attachments are still in place and in good condition. A fragment of the coin itself has broken off. The 'front; of the coin (i.e. the opposite side to where the attachments have been added and thus the side intended for display) has been gilded. The coin is a silver maille tierce of Philipp…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bassetlaw', grid reference and parish protected.

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: HESH-469EB6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Description Silver 'dress clasp loop'. The front is decorated with trefoils in plain wire arranged around single pellets, soldered to the back plate. A central trefoil sits within a triangular frame cable wire border. The back of the backplate is plain. The external, decorated face is gilded. One large perforation cut through the backplate (now incomplete) would have received the fastening hook. The item measures 13.7mm x 14.3; thickness 1.2mm. The dress clasp loop weighs 1.1g. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with silver brooches and other…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bronington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F443F4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case: 2012 T185 Period: AD c.1500-1600 Description: silver-gilt dress hook of trefoil form. Pinked backplate cut from sheet applied with three bosses of hemispherical shape. Each boss has three filigree spirals with a central knop. In the centre of the three bosses is a knop that has been threaded through a flower design cut from sheet and held in place on the reverse using a butterfly pin. On the reverse is a recurving hook and an attachment bar. Dimensions: Length: 17.66mm Width: 14.31mm Thickness: 8.41mm Weight: 3.54mm Discussion: Similar items can be found…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mersea Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F0EB98
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Number: 2012 T177 Period: sixteenth century (?) Date of Discovery: 28/2/12 Circumstances of discovery: whilst metal detecting Description: silver-gilt lozenge shaped object, perhaps a fragment from a dress accessory/ fastener. The object is now broken from the corners closest apart in width. The front is silver-gilt and a ridge runs down the central length of the object, with striation marks, possibly used to add texture to the surface, running perpendicular to the central ridge. On the reverse is soldered a hook, with the pointed end of the hook turned back towar…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-238DE3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T128 Post Medieval dress hook Date: Post Medieval - 16th Century Description: Incomplete silver-gilt, hollow composite dress hook of Read Early Post Medieval class C type 4, formed of a rectangular backplate, with a faceted front plate creating a trapezoid cross section. The front and back plates are damaged at the attachment end, and the opposing hooked end is also damaged and incomplete. The three facets of the front plate are separated by a raised rope work border. Each facet is divided into square panels decorated with an incised flower motif - the most co…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', 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: NMS-3D19D5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver sheet blunt-hooked dress fastener or hooked tag with a mushroom-shaped outline, the hook at the base of the broad stem and four attachment holes across the top. On the front two engraved chevrons, one above the hook and the other at the top of the stem, are joined by two lines. Four short oblique lines spring from the inner edge of the lower one. Length 20mm. Width 17mm. Thickness 0.5mm. Weight 0.87g. When discovered, this hooked tag lacked parallels and its dating was debated between early medieval (8th-10th century) and post-medieval, with the use of sheet metal thought to fa…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FBAA23
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2012 T77 Post Medieval dress fitting Description: Post Medieval silver-gilt 'eye' element from a two piece hooked clasp. The fitting is sub-triangular in plan with a 'D' shaped loop extending from the upper edge, and a circular attachment hole in each corner of the triangular plate, probably used to sew the fitting onto an item of clothing. The upper surface has a cast design, of a forward facing bust, with slightly raised areas representing the hair and small depressions to represent the eyes and mouth. There is a decorative zone, which is 'V' shaped, encasing th…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D813E5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T50: returned to finder after being declared not Treasure Description: Silver loop part of a two part dress fastener with fleur de lis shaped plate. The main plate is shaped into a fleur de lis with convex fronts to each petal and a concave back. The two outer petals curve back so the points rejoin the base. There are three small, flat, circular sewing loops, one at the end of the central petal and one to each side at the widest point of the side petals. At the base of the fleur de lis is a transverse raised collar, then a constriction, a second collar and then a…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-70B362
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval silver gilt mount or eyelet. Circular, with the impression of the cuttlefish mould, and two integral rivets on the reverse. The front face has a raised transverse panel with convex edges leaving a crescentric flange to either side of the mount. Two thirds of the raised panel are decorated with a narrow central concave moulding flanked by a wider moulding to either side, before an off-centre rectangular hole through a concave face. Diameter 16mm. Maximum thickness excluding rivets 3.5mm. Rivets to hold a thickness of c. 2mm. Weight 3.6g. 15th - 16th century. …
Created on: Friday 6th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-09DDC4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval strap-fitting consisting of a roughly semi- circular terminal pierced with a central aperture. The two ends are slightly chamfered. In the centre is an area of grooved decoration, resembling a scallop shell. On the reverse are two studs that would have held the fitting in place The fitting is silver and dates from the fifteenth or early sixteenth century. For similar examples see SUSS-C924F4 (2009T189) and HESH-0E0167 (2010T494).
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Newnton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-CA9162
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver probable dress fastener dating to the Post-Medieval period. A loop is soldered centrally onto the edge of a sub rectangular bar. The bar is rectangular in cross section and has seven perforations running along the length of it. Perforations suggest that textile or leather was sewn to the object for use as a dress hook. Diameter of loop: 10.60mm. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7AEF14
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval fastener or toggle, It is 24.36mm in height, 18.85x7.08mm in max.width and thickness, and weighing 6.2g. The body (max.dimensions) is in the shape of a pointed oval and rounded in form, narrowing to a point at either end. From the centre at one side extends a short, oval-sectioned shaft which terminates in a pair of flat loops, positioned side by side and 15.91x2.72mm. A groove defines each loop at the top of the shaft. The patina is smooth and orangey-brown in colour. Ralph Jackson comments on these as Iron Age/ Roman cosmetic pestles: 'However none has yet be…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-380ED0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case: 2011 T820: Post Medieval dress hook Date of Discovery: 15th October 2011 Circumstances of discovery: Whilst searching with a metal detector Date: Post Medieval - 16th Century Description: Post Medieval silver-gilt dress hook, of Read's early Post-Medieval class D Type 4. The body is triangular with a central circular knop; the three corners of the triangle are comprised of a trefoil (or foliate) motif, separated by a small 'D' shaped knop on each side of the triangle. One of the corners extends into the hooked terminal, which is cylindrical and tapers to a point…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Canfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BDA131
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2011 T758 Post medieval dress fitting Period: Post-Medieval Description: post-medieval silver-gilt fitting, two sheets of silver cut to the shape of the fleur-de-lis motif. The upper sheet cast with the relief of the fleur-de-lis. The upper part of this sheet is now missing, only the lower plumes remain and are gilded. The fitting has been bent. The reverse is gilded and appears to be broken at the base. Dimensions: Length: 18.70mm Width: 12.34mm Thickness: 0.41mm Weight: 0.8g Discussion: The function of this item is unknown but it probably had an attachment loop…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandon', grid reference and parish protected.