Basic info

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Hook

Object category

Post-Medieval

Description

Copper alloy dress hook; semi-circular section, hollow frame with an integral elongated pin on flat-backed reverse. Front face is decorated with niello in a pattern of cross-hatches borded by transverse bands. early post-medieval Class C, Type 3

Production date start

1500

Production date end

1650

Period

Post-Medieval