Record ID: CORN-4D161A
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver gilt dress- hook with tear-shaped backplate and scalloped edge, dating to the Post Medieval period, c. AD 1500-1600. At the apex of the tear, a recurving hook is soldered onto the backplate, which would have hooked through the corresponding eye on the opposite dress fitting to hold the item of clothing together. Part of the hook is now missing. The plate is 23.33mm long, 16.65mm wide and 7.16mm thick. It is decorated by a raised hollow-cast cushion decorated with four circles formed of twisted wire or filigree forming three fleurets. Within the four circles are t…
Created on: Monday 30th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Issey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-10183D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress fastener or eye in the shape of a bow with a central moulded roundel with incised cross hatching to create the appearance of a pomegranate or acorn. Each loop is triangular in plan and tapers towards the central roundel which is hollow at the back. The sides of the loops are D-shaped in section with rounded outer edges and straight internal edges. At the wide external ends of each loop, the outer bar is recessed and worn in the middle where it would have been attached to a hook or thread. There are patches of black lacquer on the front and back of the fastener …
Created on: Sunday 30th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-3884A9
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy dress fastener, the 'eye' section into which the hook would have fitted. The fastener is flat with an octagonal central plate with a trefoil extension at one end and the remains of the eye, now broken off, at the other end, leaving only the stubs of the rectangular frame of the eye. The fastener is decorated with a shallow moulded floral motif of an eight-petalled flower in the centre and curlicues above and below within a slightly raised linear frame. There are three holes for attachment, all 2 mm in diameter: one at the top of the trefoil and two more on…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-93B05E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper alloy dress fastener, the blunt-hooked clasp dating from the Post-medieval period, from the 17th century, Read Class A, Type 2. The central section is oval in plan and convex in profile with an incised floriate design of stems with stylised flowers of annulets within a border of annulets. The stubs of three broken attachment loops remain, one at the apex oooposite the hook and one on either side of the base at the junction with the hook. The hook is rectangular in plan and slightly tapering as it curves forward and upward from the clasp. This hook would have slot…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 18th March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-303B30
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy dress hook of Post-medieval date with would have been used with a corresponding eye that mirrored the shape and decoration. At one end is a T-shaped bar or toggle, which would have attached to textile or leather, which expands into the plate with a transverse groove just inside from the edge. It has a sub-rectangular plate with moulded and openwork deocration in the form of a central heart and a pair of projecting rounded lobes at the hook end. Between the heart and the bifid lobes is a U-shaped notch on each side, before it expands to the lobed collar and then tapers a…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: CORN-628D0B
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress fastener. The upper face of the fastener consists of a central oval panel decorated at the centre with a lion's head that appears to have ears and mane. On either side of the head are foliate scrolls which are connected by drapery under the chin. This pattern falls within two oval concentric borders with a row of pellets in between, that gives it the appearance of a cameo​. There is one complete circular loop, 2 mm in diameter, and one incomplete one either side of where a rectangular eye would have existed. The two broken edges of the eye remain to show that…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2016
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Record ID: CORN-2792EC
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy hooked tag with four attachment-knops and a broken hook, now only 12 mm long. The plate depicts a human head, facing, with two annulets for eyes, surmounted by an arch of pellets and a tear-shaped bun, which may represent hair or a wig, and above a V-shaped collar with a pendant below. On either side of the head appear to be arms in sleeves with clenched fists that are holding looped drapery or perhaps ribbons, though they look too large in relation to the hair. Surrounding these moulded details is a field of pellets in low relief, within a border that arches a…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
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Record ID: CORN-530C15
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress fastener with an eye at one end which would have attached the corresponding hook of another fastener that was likely the mirror image of this one. The upper face of the fastener is decorated at the centre with a lion's head that appears to have ears and mane. On either side of the head are foliate scrolls which are connected by drapery under the chin. This pattern falls within two oval concentric borders with a row of pellets in between, that gives it the appearance of a cameo. There are two circular loops, one on either side of the rectangular eye, and another…
Created on: Friday 13th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2016
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Record ID: CORN-470CE3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast silver dress fastener, missing the eye or attachment loop at the broken end, and possibly the hook at the tapered end where it might have worn to a rounded terminal. The trefoil terminal is made of up of an arch of pellets with an elongated knop and two sprigs of foliage emanating from either side of the arch. Below the trefoil are two arches around kidney-shaped openwork, bordered by bifid tendrils that curve downwards towards another pair of arches of larger bifid tendrils that border incomplete semi-circular areas of openwork. The base of these two arches is missing…
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Enoder', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-51BB89
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stamped and incised copper alloy dress hook with three lobed knops, one on each side of the fastener, and the third at the opposite end to the curved hook. Two of the knops are perforated so that the fastener could be sewn on to clothing, and the third has been damaged so that the perforation is now broken open. The hook would have linked to a corresponding rectangular eyelet which would have been attached to another fastener with the same shape and decoration. The upper face is decorated with a central stem and flower head, with foliage either side, in the form of twolarge bifid leav…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-279B79
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress fastener with an eye at one end which would have attached the corresponding hook of another fastener that was likely the mirror image of this one. The upper face of the fastener is decorated with an anthropomorphic head represented by five rectangles in an arc above the head. On either side of the head are foliate scrolls which are connected by drapery under the chin. This pattern falls within two oval concentric borders with a row of pellets in between, that gives it the appearance of a cameo. There are two circular loops, one on either side of the rectangular…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-1971E6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress fastener or hook, lozenge-shaped in plan, with a flat rectangular strip that is starting to curl upwards at the broken edge. This would have continued to form a hook that was used with an equivalent eye-section to act as a pair of fasteners. On either side of the base of the hook are two circular side loops, which would have allowed the fastener to be sewn on to clothing, along with the third circular loop at the other end of the fastener. Between the hook and the attachment loop terminal, the face of the fastener is decorated with a moulded rosette of four cir…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd September 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th September 2014
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Record ID: CORN-9A8DF7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress fastener or eye-section, lozenge-shaped in plan, with a rectangular eye that would have held the hook on the other half of a pair of fasteners. On either side of the eye are two circular side loops, which would have allowed the fastener to be sewn on to clothing, along with the third circular loop at the other end of the fastener. Between the eye and the attachment loop terminal, the face of the fastener is decorated with a moulded rosette of four circular petals, alternating with four lozenge-shaped leaves or sepals, within a frame of two transverse lines at e…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
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Record ID: CORN-788067
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy dress hook fastener with moulded and openwork decoration in the form of a central fleuret surrounded by four kidney-shaped apertures with elongated angular knops. Two of these are now missing along with the hook that would have attached to the collar at that end. The opposite end has a trapezoidal aperture to act as loop so that it could have been sewn onto the garment. There is a pellet either side of the two longitudinal voided ridges at the base of this loop. Read (2008) illustrates a similar example on page 103, No.398, which is dated to the early Post-medieval…
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6F1BD3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy belt hook, circular in plan, with three longitudinal moulded facets, and two moulded transverse collars at the junctures of the hook and body and of the body and the attachment hole, now missing, at the opposite end from the hook. Read (1988) illustrates similar examples on page 147, Nos.994 & 995, which are dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6F0401
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece clothes hook, missing the hook, but with attachment loop at the other end so that it could be sewn onto clothes to be used as hook and eye clasp instead of a button. There are two apertures of openwork below the rectangular attachment loop. The moulded decoration consists of a spray of three small flowers whose stalks radiate from a pellet near the loop. Read (2008) illustrates a similar example on page 100, No.375 which is dated to the early Post-medieval period and is recorded as Class E, Type 3. Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar example…
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-694038
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy hooked section from a hook-and-eyelet dress-fastener with circular openwork in a bifid terminal. One of these holes still has its iron rivet intact, so both of them would have been used to attach the hook to the textile. The collar below the terminal has two side-knops. There is an incised cross running between the rivet holes to the end of the remains of the hook, now missing, and crossing from knop to knop. Read (2001) illustrates a similar example on page 42, No.357 which is dated to the 17th century. Read (2008) illustrates a similar example on p…
Created on: Sunday 22nd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0835D7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete stamped copper alloy clothes fastener with three trefoil knops, one on each side of the fastener, and the third, now incomplete, at the opposite end to the edge of the attachment loop. The rest of the loop, or eyelet, with its rectangular aperture, is missing. The upper face is decorated with a central stem and flower head, with foliage either side, in the form of a serrated leaves, within a border of annulets. This is the eyelet half of a hook-and-eyelet dress fastener. Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 100, Fig.2.42, which is dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0516A6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stamped copper alloy clothes fastener with three trefoil knops, one on each side of the fastener, and the third at the opposite end to the attachment loop, with its rectangular aperture for the eyelet. The upper face is decorated with a central stem and flower head, with foliage either side, in the form of a large leaf. This is the eyelet half of a hook-and-eyelet dress fastener. Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 100, Fig.2.42, which is dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 12th June 2008
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
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Record ID: CORN-02EF63
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete stamped copper alloy clothes fastener with three trefoil knops, one on each side of the fastener, and the third at the opposite end to the edge of the attachment loop. The rest of the loop, or eyelet, with its rectangular aperture, is missing. The upper face is decorated with a central stem and flower head, with foliage either side, in the form of a large leaf. This is the eyelet half of a hook-and-eyelet dress fastener. Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 100, Fig.2.42, which is dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th June 2008
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
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