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Post-Medieval silver gilt dress fastner
Silver gilt dress-hook with a square-shaped back-plate cut from a sheet and cusped around the edge, which is perforated. A separate hook and bar looop have been soldered to the back. Attached to the front of the plate by solder is a hollow silver gilt box with three panels, each decorated with a pair of hollow hemisperical bosses, surrounded by fine filigree and plain rods demarcating panels. There is a cast fleur-de-lys above the pin and the junction with the base, and there are pellets between the bosses. The back of the baseplate is engraved with maker`s marks. Gilding does not extend along the full length to the hook.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2014.36H
Find Information
Site Name: Llanfair, Vale of Glamorgan
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2011 / May / 19
Measurements
length / mm:30.05 including hook
width / mm:15.1
depth / mm:5.5 of box
length / mm:13.2 of box
weight / g:4.8
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