TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

657. swainsthorpe, Norfolk: post-medieval
silver-gilt trefoil-shaped dress-hook (2006 T468)
Date: 16th century
Date of discovery: Found by Mr A Haggith while
metal-detecting in August 2006.
Description: A silver-gilt dress-hook of Gaimster et
al. (2002) Group I, with trifoliate back-plate cusped
around the edge and three bosses, each with three
filigree annulets around a pellet or knop. In the centre
a sub-circular sheet, with engraved lines on its upper
surface, was held in place by a convex-headed butterfly
clip, now loose and missing one bent-over end.
The attachment bar or loop on the reverse is missing.
The slightly distorted hook, soldered to the backplate,
carries a stamped maker’s mark, a cross patonce, at its
broad end. Gilding is not present on the reverse, the
hook and the central sheet. It is probable that the latter
is a replacement. Not only is it rather coarsely made,
but it is too large, completely obscuring the three
inner annulets, with its edge touching the three knops.
Length: 22mm; weight: 2.99g.
Disposition: Norwich Castle Museum.
A ROGERSON
658. Thornham, Norfolk: post-medieval silver-gilt
circular dress-hook (2005 T279)
Date: 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr N Holmes while metaldetecting
in July 2005.
Description: A complete dress-hook cast in the form of
a 10-spoked Catherine-wheel inset with a five-petalled
flower head radiating around a hemispherical boss. The
petals of the flower are covered with closely spaced
radiating lines and the ends of each petal have been
shaped to appear ragged. The Catherine wheel and
central boss have traces of gilding. Diameter: 18mm;
weight: 4.0g.
Discussion: Similar to a 16th-century cap-hook from
Nettlestead, Suffolk (Gaimster et al. 2002, fig. 15).
Disposition: Disclaimed, returned to finder.
E DARCH
659. Fawler, oxfordshire: post-medieval silver-gilt
trefoil-shaped dress-hook (2006 T604)
Date: 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr M Thornton while metaldetecting
in September 2006.
Description: Trefoil-shaped dress hook with pinked
backplate. Three lobes with applied filigree roundels
and knops. Central pin with butterfly clip attachment
to base plate, now missing its original domed head
holding a flower-like element at the centre. Gilt. On the
back, recurving hook and rectangular bar attachment.
Discussion: A typical 16th-century form; for a
complete example see Treasure Annual Report 2001,
fig. 148, from Gooderstone, Norfolk.
Disposition: Oxfordshire Museums Service.
D THORNTON
660. stowmarket area, suffolk: post-medieval
silver-gilt dress-hook (2006 T373)
Date: 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr C Bayliss while metaldetecting
in July 2006.
Description: A complete dress-hook, the plate is
openwork and cast in one; it is rectangular in shape
with horizontal and vertical bars appearing to represent
a portcullis. The upper edge has a rounded projection at
either end and the lower edge has indented triangular
arches along it. The other two opposing sides of
the plate have small transverse notches, which may
represent a stone or brick wall. The transverse bar and
hook are soldered to the flat back face of the plate.
Discussion: Although no published parallel could be
found for this dress-hook with its unusual plate, it
probably fits into Gaimster’s Group I (Gaimster et al.
2002). Length: 42.5mm; weight: 6.68g.
Disposition: British Museum.
F MINTER
661. North Curry, somerset: post-medieval
silver-gilt drop-shaped dress-hook (2005 T172)
Date: 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr G Wyatt while metal-detecting
in March 2005.
Description: Silver-gilt dress-hook cast on one plane,
the triangular backplate with scalloped edges. The
domed boss with applied filigree and granulated
ornament, some losses. The reverse soldered with
transverse bar, the curved fastening hook missing.
Length: 14mm.
Disposition: Somerset Museum.
B McLEOD
662. Taunton area, somerset: post-medieval
silver-gilt drop-shaped dress-hook (2005 T525)
Date: 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr P Saxton while metaldetecting
in November 2005.
Description: A three-part cast silver-gilt dress fastener,
teardrop-shaped and the front is domed with a circular
filigree pattern and small petal edging. This hooked
tag falls into the category of Tudor dress-hooks which
have a raised transverse bar for sewing onto cloth and a
recurving hook on the reverse (see Gaimster et al. 2002,
p. 158). Length: 30.3mm; weight: 4.25g.
Disposition: Somerset County Museums Service.
N PAYNE
663. Willingdon and jevington, East sussex:
post-medieval silver-gilt trefoil-shaped dress-hook
(2006 T489)
Date: 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr S Boyd while metal-detecting
in October 2006.
Description: A 16th-century silver-gilt dress fitting,
with the hook remaining intact and in situ. The fitting
has a triangular backplate, with cusped outline (now
heavily worn). Three hemispherical bosses have been
soldered onto the front and have been decorated with
applied filigree circles and pellets. Around the base of
each boss is a ring of ropework wire. A pellet can be
seen on the outer edge between each boss (three in
total). There is no central ornamentation. The reverse
is flat and undecorated but there are three marks
indicating where the bosses have been attached to the
front. On top of the lower mark, a large hook has been
soldered into position and it extends down from the
main body of the fitting, before tapering and bending
back on itself terminating with a point. The triangular
form is common for dress fittings. Dimensions: 21.8mm
x 14.4mm x 4.6mm; weight: 2.57g.
Discussion: Two very similar fittings have been
reported through the Treasure Act both from
East Sussex (although these fittings are common
nationwide): Treasure Annual Report 2003, p. 122, no.
241 (2003 T316) and Treasure Annual Report 2004,
p. 131 no. 281 (2004 T237).
Disposition: Barbican House Museum, Lewes.
L ANDREWS-WILSON
664. sullington area, West sussex: post-medieval
silver-gilt trefoil-shaped dress-hook (2006 T110)
Date: 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr A Gill while metal-detecting in
June 2005.
Description: A dress-hook comprising a triangular
backplate with pinked edge, applied with three bosses
decorated with filigree spirals and knops. The recurving
hook is soldered to the top of the backplate, and
attachment marks for the original bar attachment
are visible. Width: 18mm.
Disposition: Horsham Museum.
D THORNTON
665. upton Lovell, Wiltshire: post-medieval
silver-gilt triangular dress-hook (2006 T600)
Date: 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr D Scott while metal-detecting
in summer 2006.
Description: 16th-century cast silver-gilt hooked tag.
It has a triangular backplate. On the narrow end at the
back, the re-curving hook is soldered. The attachment
bar is missing, but the remnants of solder show that it
would have been along the wide edge. The triangular
backplate has lobes at each corner (one of which is
missing) and three along each side. The lobes on the
corner and along the centre of the sides are largest
and decorated with a rib. On the backplate is a ridge
following the edge of the plate. Within the centre
of this triangle is a smaller (9mm x 9mm) triangle
attached to the backplate with a visible rivet, also of
silver. The triangle may have originally been aligned
so that its points were halfway along each of the
backplate’s side; however, it is now slightly tilted.
The triangle is decorated with lobes at the corners and
a single lobe at each side. The corner lobes are not
circular, but split into three. On the face of each is a
small raised circle. A sub-circular ridge surrounds the
central rivet. Dimensions: 20mm x 40mm;
weight: 2.16g.
Disposition: Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum.
R WOOD
666. puddletown, Dorset: 16th-century incomplete
silver-gilt trefoil-shaped dress-hook (2006 T455)
pAs ID: somDoR-63Db46
Found by Mr D Grenfell while metal-detecting
September 2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
N PAYNE
667. North West Essex: 16th-century silver-gilt
lozenge-shaped dress-hook (2006 T581)
pAs ID: Ess-013DF6
Found by Mr J Slade while metal-detecting in
November 2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
C McDONALD
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