Record ID: NMS-E5EBC4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver dress fastener eye plate cast in the form of a fan of feathers with an opposed angled lines with curled ends either side of an arrow at the base of the fan. The feathers are alternately plain and cast with a central rib and angled lines. The plate is pierced twice to form attachment holes, with the third attachment loop projecting from the top of the fan and an oval eye projecting from the base. Read (2008) Class A, Type 7, see 175, no.662 for a hooked example depicting feathers. Length 25mm. Width 15m. Thickness 1.5mm.Weight 1.0g. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigstock', grid reference and parish protected.