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Post-Medieval silver dress hook
Silver gilt dress-hook with a lozenge shaped back-plate cut from a sheet and cusped around the edge, to whcih (on the reverse) a separate hook and bar loop have been soldered. Attached to the front of the plate by solder is a hollow, lozenge shaped silver gilt box with chamfered sides. The top is decorated with four single-strand 'rope-twist' filigree wire circlets, arranged around hollow hemispherical bosses, and small granulated pellets. Similar decoration occurs on the bevels. Gilding does not extend along the full length to the hook.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2009.49H
Find Information
Site Name: Carew, Pembrokeshire
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2008 / Jul / 22
Acquisition
Treasure (1996 Treasure Act), 23/12/2009
Measurements
length / mm:overall 37.3
width / mm:of back plate 25.4
depth / mm:of lozenge 6.45
weight / g:10.04
Material
silver gilt
Location
In store
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