Record ID: SWYOR-F132FD
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy dress fastener (eye for a blunt hooked fastener of Read Class A, Type 2) of post medieval date AD 1600 - AD 1700.   The main plate is sub-ovate with two complete round attachment loops projecting from either side of the outer edges, and a third attachment loop at the pointed end of the plate.  These loops are each decorated with a projecting knop. The other end of the plate has a rectangular loop which shows signs of wear. The plate is engraved with an oval panel bearing a possible foliat…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4CDA54
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2023 T165 Description: An incomplete silver gilt dress hook fastener dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1600). The object consists of the hook only, the rest of the fastener is missing. The hook is sub-rectangular in form and tapers to a narrowed point and has a D-shaped section. At the top is a worn break followed by a raised sub-rectangular collar that is presented as two bands crossing once over in the centre. Further down the hook shank is a raised rectangular boss with an incised rosette in the centre. Substantial gilding survives on the front and revers…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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: YORYM-73F501
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy blunt-hooked dress fastener of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1700. Reads Class A, Type 2. The main plate is sub-ovate with two ovate attachment knops projecting from either side of the outer edges and a third knop is present to the pointed end of the plate. The wider end of the plate has an integral rectangular attachment loop. The upper surface of the plate is worn with traces of white metal coating. The metal has a mid-green/grey patina and is worn. The object is 36.7mm long, 27.8mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 6.2g. A similar example is illustrated in R…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hovingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-2EEEE7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-medieval dress fastener (dress hook) dating to c.AD 1500-1600. Read Class E Type 5. The object is trefoil in form, cast in one-piece with moulded relief and openwork. The trefoil dress hook is rendered with an undecorated Hungerford knot, each running end of the cord terminates with a pellet. Above is a transverse linear plano-convex rod for attachment to an additional dress hook. There is a plain ridged collar at the juncture of the plate and hook. The hook terminates in an old break. Dark green patina. Length: 25.65 mm; Width: 17.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spridlington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-3F8401
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy dress fastener, dating to c.AD 1600 - 1700. Read Class A, Type 2. The object has a sub-oval plate with three complete circular attachment loops projecting from either side of the outer edges, and a third attachment loop at the pointed end of the plate. The other end of the plate has an incomplete wide rectangular loop. The plate is engraved with an oval panel bearing a foliate and floral design comprising a central stem running down the plate with three etched circles on either side of the stem and a single circle beneath the tag.…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-402443
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early post medieval copper-alloy dress fastener, dating to c.AD 1500 - 1625. Read Class E type 3 The dress fastener is cast in one-piece with moulded relief. It has a circular plate decorated with a six-petalled flower with six pellets and a central pellet in the interstices, within a linear border. Above the plate is a wide trapezoidal loop. Below the plate, the hook is backward curved. The reverse of the body is flat and undecorated. Other similar examples on the PAS include LIN-B7AA14. Length: 26.7 mm Width: 12.3 mm Thickness: 1.2 …
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-C47FD7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver post-medieval dress hook. The object consists of a composite, ornately moulded, sub-circular central section with a sub-rectangular silver wire attachment loop projecting to one end of its reverse and a silver sharp rear-facing hook to the other end. The central section is composed of a separate circular, annular-shaped border, eight knops projecting from regular intervals around its edge, with a flower-shaped disc and then a smaller flower-shaped boss attached via a silver rivet to the centre of its outer face and a solid disc-shaped plate coverin…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Troston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C83D69
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener; an eye piece form a hook and eye fastener of Read class A, type 8 dating from about AD 1550 - 1700. The fastener is sub-oval in plan with a broken sewing loop at one end and two complete loops at the opposite end, one either side of a protruding rectanglar eye. There is a bifurcated knop on each side of the centre of the plate. There is decoration on the face in the form of a foliate moulded design in the centre surrounded by two oval moulded border lines. The reverse is plain and flat and the surface has…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-8434BA
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hook, from a hook and eye fitting of Modern date, probably AD 1800 - 1980. It is made from thick gauge circular-sectioned copper alloy wire, bent double, then bent into a hook, with the ends each curving out to the side to form two sewing or attachment loops. The object is 37.1mm long, 25.4mm wide, 18.9mm thick and weighs 14.0g. It was found close to another almost identical object - SWYOR-842D9C. A very close parallel is Read (1998) number 589, his Early Post Medieval Class A, type 1. Fasteners like this were used on uniforms in the 19th century and beyond, though…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F07604
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener 'eye piece' of Read's Class A Type 1, dating to c.1500-1650. Sub-oval plate, domed on the face and concave on the reverse. Three 'sewing holes' protrude from the plate, rounded loops on either side and a pointed loop at one end. At the other end is a larger rectangular loop to accept a blunt hook. The face is decorated with a relief moulded chequered pattern, with the surface displaying a pale green patina. Length 38.8 mm, Width 23.8 mm, Thickness 4.6 mm, Weight 7.7 g. A similar example can be seen o…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-83E6EB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener of Read's Class E Type 3, dating to c.1500-1650. Sub-oval open-work plate with piercings around the outer edge. An old break at the base probably once formed a hooked arm, with a rectangular attachment loop at the opposite end. The face has moulded decoration of two chevrons with possibly a thistle head or similar above. The reverse is plain and flat and the surface displays an even green patina. Length 22.8mm, width 16.1mm, thickness 2.1mm, weight 2.9g. Similar examples on this database at: SUSS-E08B62,…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F343C8
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy dress fastener 'eye piece' of Read's class A, type 2, dating to c.1500-1700. Flat oval plate with one protruding side lug incorporating a sewing hole and on the opposite side is the incomplete loop of another, with one at the base just an incomplete sewing hole. At the other end of the plate is an old break that would have projected into an attachment loop. The plate is decorated on one side with two transverse lines and a swirling loop foliate design with a perimeter border of annulets. The other side is pl…
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4D9AF6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval dress fastener, c. 16th century AD (1500 - 1650 AD) . The fastener is the 'female' tag from pair of hooked tags; it has a sub-oval plate and would have had a large rectangular loop at one end, this has broken away. Either side of the plate would be two rounded attachment knops, the left is missing but the right remains. There is a third debased trefoil attachment knop at the base of the clasp. The eye section of the clasp is convex, with moulded relief, consisting of a hollow-dome bearing a wreathed iri…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-847A23
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete medieval silver mount. Probably a strap fitting or dress fastener. It is crescent-shaped and perforated with a subcircular hole at its centre. Each point of the crescent has a terminal with trefoil ends, extending the line of the convex edge upwards and inwards. At the centre of the concave edge, between the two terminals and in line with the perforation, is a two-lobed knop. The lower half of the mount (under the bottom edge of the perforation) is slightly recessed and the convex edge is scalloped, subdivided into 12 lobes. The back of the mount has two rivets with circular c…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Last updated: Sunday 11th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corsenside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0BBF93
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A quite corroded Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy clothing fastening loop, dating to c.1550-1700. One half of a 'hook and eye' fastener type, consisting of a sub-triangular plate of plano-convex form with moulded decoration on the face and two sewing holes adjacent to one another in the centre. The plate terminates with a trefoil of moulded knops at one end and a large curved sub-oval attachment loop at the other. The surface displays a green/brown patina. Length 26.2mm, width 20.2mm, thickness 2mm and weight 2.9g. Very similar in design to published record NMS-3CD679.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DAE3BA
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy dress fastener eye-clasp depicting a human face with an inscribed scroll beneath, probably dating to c.1500-1800. Plano-convex cross-section with the reverse being plain and flat. Sewing holes to either side of the face, one being incomplete with an incomplete inscribed scroll bearing the letters E - K I below these. At the base are two broken protrusions that would probably have formed the attachment loop. The face has pellet formed hair and a floral decoration to each side of the neck. The surface displays a patchy dark green patina. H…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EF9665
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Post-Medieval incomplete cast copper-alloy openwork plate, probably a piece of a dress fastener eye-clasp. Plano-convex in cross section, sub-triangular in plan and flat in profile, with the flat side displaying the remains of a gilded surface and the moulded 'rounded' side being plain. The openwork design consists of a central incomplete circle forming a crescent, surrounded by three kidney shaped apertures. The outer frame has a small protruding knop on either side and two broken projecting arms at the base, possibly the mis…
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-CBEA7E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval copper-alloy dress fastener, dating to c.AD 1500 - 1750. The fastener is sub-lozenge. The dress fastener consists of a rectangular attachment loop, flanked by two smaller circular attachment knops at each of its inner corners. The plate expands to a sub-lozenge form with a double knop at its angle. The opposing end has a circular attachment loop. The plate is decorated with an eight petalled flower, the rear is undecorated. Read (2008) p.179, nos. 684. Length: 37.3 mm Width: 23.4 mm Weight: 4.58 g
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-6C5B73
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-medieval dress fastener dating to c.AD 1500-1600. Read Type Class E Type 4 (Read 2008, p. 107-8, nos. 423-26) The dress fastener is lozenge shaped with a trapezoidal loop and a broken curved hook. It is cast in one-piece with moulded relief and openwork, decorated with an engrailed border around a fleur-de-lis in openwork. The reverse is flat. The entire object measures 32.14 mm in length, 15.39 mm in width, maximum of 1.33 mm thickness, and 1.67g in weight
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wold Newton', grid reference and parish protected.